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Does anybody know if there is any improvement in the OTP generation algorithms?

I like to have all of my clocks set 10 minutes ahead and Google Authenticator had always been failing generating correct codes. I mean, it's just 10 minutes. IMHO, The OTP generation algorithm should not be that dependent on time.

Then I abandoned it just like many other people.

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I think that has more to do with timeouts than the OTP generation itself. Like the RSA tokens which allow use of the passcodes slightly before or after the active time range (and can use discrepancies to re-sync the clock) but will not accept an older passcode or one not generated yet. I doubt there's much of an incentive for them to handle clocks that far off, or anything more than normal locale issues for that matter.

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