They work with companies to integrate TOTP into their system, but it’s a bastardized version of the open standard. You cannot use standard TOTP software with the Symantic integration.
They want you to use their proprietary app on your phone.
You can however, take symantics crazy code, go through a converter, and then use a standard TOTP app.
But this is a great example of enshitification of an open standard.
Counter example Symantics TOTP. https://vip.symantec.com/
They work with companies to integrate TOTP into their system, but it’s a bastardized version of the open standard. You cannot use standard TOTP software with the Symantic integration.
They want you to use their proprietary app on your phone.
You can however, take symantics crazy code, go through a converter, and then use a standard TOTP app.
But this is a great example of enshitification of an open standard.
Ah yes the classic MS “embrace and extend”