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Possibly silly question, but how do you intend to make money from this? The mobile app is free, the desktop app is free, and once I have them installed, I don't have any more communication with you or your servers, right?



Hi, we already do. We charge websites, banks and apps to enable two-factor auth on their sites. See https://www.authy.com/developer/pricing.


Ah, I see, thank you.

Another question: If for some reason, your company shut down tomorrow morning, what would that mean for users of your app? Would it stop working?


No the app doesn't talk to Authy servers. It's completely independent. You could just keep using it.


You could just disable two-factor auth and continue password-only until you find an alternative provider.


michael: Wouldn't I need to do that for every provider that Authy is wrapping?




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