potoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-219 hours agoWhy two-factor authentication is important.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1318arrow-down110
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minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-29 hours ago2fa wouldn’t change anything and sms is an insecure system to begin with.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-29 hours agoA big feature of sms is that it’s not encrypted. Every tower that recieves the message is trusted to forward it unaltered. This is one attack avenue. https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/11/12/sms-voice-mfa/ Things like the following are generally recommended though Microsoft recommends using their app. https://www.yubico.com/ I should have clarified that sms 2fa is insecure not 2fa.
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 hours agoOkay that makes sense. Yes sms is insecure, not 2fa.
2fa wouldn’t change anything and sms is an insecure system to begin with.
[citation needed] on the second half
A big feature of sms is that it’s not encrypted. Every tower that recieves the message is trusted to forward it unaltered. This is one attack avenue.
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/11/12/sms-voice-mfa/
Things like the following are generally recommended though Microsoft recommends using their app. https://www.yubico.com/
I should have clarified that sms 2fa is insecure not 2fa.
Okay that makes sense. Yes sms is insecure, not 2fa.