Two-step Authentication for people that use multiple devices

Is there a way that we can adjust the Two-step Authentication to be friendlier to people that use multiple devices? I for one have an automatic log in to the website on my laptop but sometimes I like to access it with my phone when I'm outside the house and yet it will ask me for an authentication but when I go back again to my laptop, it will ask for another authentication again.

Isn't that the point though? Every time you log in from a new location you must provide an authentication code.

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Originally Posted by lkajsdkf

Isn't that the point though? Every time you log in from a new location you must provide an authentication code.

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That is correct. However, your misunderstanding that when he returns to his home, to a device that's already successfully authenticated perhaps countless times in the past from the same IP address, he's asked to re-authenticate.

He's suggesting trusted devices, which could potentially be a list of devices that have successfully authenticated in the past to create a more friendly experience for those who use multiple devices. Many other games and websites do this in some form.

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Originally Posted by Cairn

That is correct. However, your misunderstanding that when he returns to his home, to a device that's already successfully authenticated perhaps countless times in the past from the same IP address, he's asked to re-authenticate.

He's suggesting trusted devices, which could potentially be a list of devices that have successfully authenticated in the past to create a more friendly experience for those who use multiple devices. Many other games and websites do this in some form.

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The system cannot make apart devices you trust and devices you don't trust. You may have successfully authenticated in a NET cafe using a private network on a keylogged computer. The 2FA system is fine as it is. Better be too safe than sorry.