Google Authenticator could eventually get end-to-end encryption

[Jan]

Google Authenticator could get end-to-end encryption "down the line"

Google says it has no immediate plans to add end-to-end encryption (E2EE) to its Authenticator app, but the company's product manager Christiaan Brand says it will offer the feature in the future.

His words came in response to criticism from security researchers over Google's failure to include the feature in its account-syncing update for Authenticator.

 

[RedViking]

pffttt.. eventually. Too late by the time they wake up.

 

[Petec]

I get all nervy every time I have to use it.
It's the only non-secure thing on my list.

 

[kolaval]

These types of responses from a company always leaves me with more questions.
On the surface it sounds logical but then, why not make it optional?