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		_pghu on Aug 7, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Please turn on two-factor authentication Your data is encrypted with the normal password, so it needs it to decrypt the sync data. The App-specific password is used to log in to the server to GET the sync data in the first place.

Karunamon on Aug 7, 2012 [–]

So again, why not have the authenticator instead of the app password?

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