Originally Posted by
WineCountryUA
Does it work in China?
How are remote locations in the world handled?
Yes. Google Authenticator is totally offline with no Internet or cellular connection needed. Since it's implementing an open standard (
TOTP), there exist clients even for countries that don't have access to the Google Play or Apple iTunes store.
Originally Posted by
greg99
Totally agree - UA management would never make a strategically incompetent decision just to save some money on license fees...cough...SHARES...cough...
It's a free and open standard. There's no license cost to use, implement, or maintain. UA chose not to do it.