This new talkback has 57 registered individuals. 56 of whom can access the board.
There are 7 individuals who have expressed an interest in joining, but have yet to complete registration.
Unfortunately there are a number who have actively decided not to register with the new board. Including significant contributors of long standing.
We move on. Next man up. It is what we make it.
"Unfortunately there are a number who have actively decided not to register with the new board."
Weird.
Newsflash: People have their own reasons for doing, or not doing, things.
You could argue that it's weird, and at the very least quite pointless, to want to be here.
Ooh wow that's quite a lot of new members then, brilliant! Hopefully those who have decided not too will change their minds when the old board's no longer working and they realise how much they miss everyone.
I have gotten quite used to this one now, it's definitely better.
That’s a shame.
Depends.
A quick look at the top poster list on the other site in comparison suggests the following haven't registered here, or have done so under a different name:
JP (already said he's giving up)
BrettWilliams
Richoriginal (already left having decided he had better things to do with his life than spend it with certain unnamed individuals)
DaveM
Juanfran
Karlmark
Donny (has registered but declared that he will not be involved any more as he can't access it on his phone)
Vennox
Lloyd Christmas
Mos (semi-retired)
Lurker
RD (retired)
Ned (retired)
Dunc
That's the first couple of pages. I'm assuming at least a few have registered on here under new names - any of you want to shed any light?
OK. Shit.
I can't get on here on my phone here (probably because I did the authenticator on my laptop via the QR on screen rather than the installed app thingy) so I'm an office hours only lurker/poster.
When you are sat at the computer with your phone:
You are now logged in on your phone.
Or am I missing something stupid?
When you are asked for your One Time Password code, bring up the authenticator on your computer.
This bit. Do I have to install an authenticator app on my laptop too? When I go to Turnstile on my laptop it just says my device (laptop) is already authenticated.
Turnstile on my phone asks for 6 digit code, but I can't see how to generate it there or on laptop.
The authenticator, wherever you installed and registered it, produces the OTP code. That's all it does.*
The authenticator just produces a code, based on a shared secret with turnstile.
It does not matter where it is installed.
It does not matter how you enter the code (whether it's copy and paste on the same computer, or manual entry to a different one).
There is only one code (which changes every 30 seconds, that's just how it works) based on the shared secret when the authenticator is registered with the system. There is no knowledge, or data link, shared between the authenticator and the requesting system. Only the six digit code (derived from a key shared between the authenticator and the authentication requesting system when the authenticator is first registered). So it doesn't matter where the authenticator is, as long as you can retrieve the current code when you are logging in elsewhere.
If you register a new authenticator, then the old authenticator will no longer produce the correct code, because you have changed the key share that generates valid codes. You don't want to do that.**
If you want to have the authenticator accessible elsewhere, you need to copy the initial key, or backup and restore the authenticator keys....depending on what methods your specific authenticator supports.
*This is all explained in this article.
**You do want to do that if you no longer have access to the authenticator that you registered. Just click "Lost your device?" instead of entering the OTP and register a new authenticator. You will need access to your registered email to follow the workflow.
To have signed in on your computer, you must have used an authenticator app. Where did you install it?
I used the QR code. (took a photo of it on the laptop screen using my phone
You used the qrcode to register it with an authenticator installed on your phone then. The qrcode does not produce the code...it affects a key-share, that enables an authenticator to generate a code based on the key that turnstile told you.
On your phone should be an authenticator, with turnstile registered, and it will be generating codes every 30 seconds. The only reason this can be not the case, is if you subsequently did something to remove it (the authenticator, or the key-share).
