The token should be connected so it is active. Another easy step which is convoluted. It is important to have your app for a few reasons. One, as jimmie says, in case you forget your phone or it needs charging.

Do NOT keep it on a key ring. Think of it as a key to a kilo of Oxycontin. Should keep somewhere in a drawer and hidden. Doesn't need to be locked up or anything.

No, it is not random. It is like the old Verizon one where the bar went across, and you had until that much time to enter it or select the cool cloud thing. When you click the button, the number is entered and sent in and is matched with a number generated there or in Exostar's database.

Just remember if you leave it around and a staff member finds it, and you leave AC open, they can order anything. If you lose it, you will want to disable it the same way you enabled it. After that I don't know if you would need to purchase a new one (probably for $80). You can't re-enable it if you don't have it.

This system is much better, but it is at least 80% less secure than the Verizon method.

SSHH!!

Bert
Pediatrics
Brewer, Maine