Sign in to the your Synology account, then from the options in the left hand column select "Security";
The title of the main section of the page will change to "Security", scroll down to the section "Security Key", then click on "Enable";
If you have not yet added any authentication factors you will be presented with the following messages, select 
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In order to add a Fido key as an authentication factor you will now need to select "2-Factor Authentication (2F)", then click
You are now presented with the stages that will be followed when setting up the authentication method, click
Confirm your identity by copying the code that has been sent to your email addresss (example below), then click
At the "New Password" prompt, provide a strong password then click
At this stage you may be asked to create a password for your account, if so supply the password then click
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Once two-factor authentication has been enabled, you will provided with a QR code that will download an authentication app.
There is no need to download and install the app (as instead we will use our programmable token), so just click on the 
button;
You will be presented with a page that includes a QR code (see example below);
You can use the QR code to program our programmable tokens using the instructions found in the following procedure;
Once you have programmed your token you will need to verify it with Synology.
At the "Verification code" prompt, supply a code from you newly programmed hardware token, then click 
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Your programmable token is ready to supply OTP codes when you next login to your Synology account.
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