AccordingtotheintroductionofOlegGryb,GACServicesisaToolsappontheAndroidplatform.Thereiscurrentlya3.4.3versionreleasedonMar24,2018,youcanseethedetailsbelow.
ThisisanalternativetoGoogleAuthenticator(GA)thatisintegratedwellwithSamsung'sGearGoogleAuthenticatorClient(GAC).Ithasrichbackup/restorecapabilities,includinglocalphonestorageandGoogleDrive.ThelatterisveryhandyforsyncingGAaccountsonmultipleAndroiddevices.TheapplicationcanbestartedlocallyonAndroidorremotelyfromaGeardevice.TostartitfromyourGeardevice,select"ConnecttoPhone"menuinGACapplication.AftertheGeardeviceisconnected,manyoptionsareavailablefortransferringdatabetweendevices.AnewaccountcanbecreatedbyscanningaQRbarcodeorbyenteringasecretmanually.
AftertheQRcodescannedorenteredmanually,youcaneithersendittoGearbytapping"SendtoGear"buttonorsaveitonyourphoneusing"Save"button.
If"Overwrite"checkboxischecked,anexistingaccountwillbeupdatedwithanewsecretoranewonewillbecreatedifanaccountwiththesamenamedidn'texist.
Gear'sGACapplicationshouldbeinawaitingstatetobeabletoreceiveanymessagesfromthephone.Itmeansthatallcommunicationswiththephonearepossibleonlyaftertapping"ConnecttoPhone"menuiteminyourGearGACappandwhileaconnectiondialogisopen.
ToseeallaccountssavedonyourphonetapaccountlistbuttonlocatedinaupperrightcornerofGACScannerscreen.
Tappingonanindividualaccountinthelistviewwillopenazoomedviewforasingleaccount.Atokeninthezoomedviewwillbeupdatedautomaticallywhenanoldtokenisexpired.
Accountscanbesavedtoandrestoredfromanunencryptedorencryptedbackupfilestoredonalocalphone'sstorageoronGoogleDrive.Encryptionisbasedonapasswordprovidedbyauser.EncryptedbackupwillbesignedwithanHMACsignaturetomakesurethatabackupisnotcorruptedduringarestoreoperation.
