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.
This is peak timothy behavior. You know he went home to absolutely destroy his younger sibling in halo
A non-tech store had some iPhones and iPads on display. No internet. But it COULD connect to my phone hotspot. Wish I did something more than just download a rainbow six siege pic and set it as the wallpaper, but they took down that demo for I think close to a month.
I dont care for 2fa. Not interested in having my phone connected to my computer, and i dont like having an extra step when logging into stuff – especially an extra step that needs me to use a second device. Id honestly rather risk getting hacked over ever having to use 2fa again.
Use a Yubikey. It’s a small USB Device you can put on a keychain. It is still a second device, but it’s not your phone. And you always have your keys with you, anyway.
Yubikey is closed source and likely steals your data
He says having never dealt with having his identity stolen.
Correct. It solved a problem that didnt exist for me.
sudo hack IP -127.0.0.1
What, how’d you get my IP! You haxxor!?
2fa got me locked out of google after losing my phone so fu2
Do you blame the locksmith if you lose your keys?
I could take the locks off the door to my house but then I can’t be mad when I get robbed
Edit: I hope that the lesson learned is about needing to have multiple forms of MFA and a safe location for back up codes, like you would have multiple sets of keys and maybe a key box hidden in a safe place. Not blaming you for not realizing it at the time, it’s not something one would think about until it’s too late. It’s not like we had our parents to teach us about MFA best practices like you might have for house keys
You didn’t print out or write down the codes they give you for this exact situation? 100% your fault and not 2FA’s
True but also I wasn’t there when other people had to clear out my apartment so I didn’t have much of a clue wether or not it would be saved.
Still know my pw managers pw by heart and have my gmail account pw written down but not that actual code, no.
Two factor would not help here. One needs to remember to log out of public devices before leaving them.
Why would you even log into a public device?
Lmao this is cute
Do you know what 2fa is?
Timothy AKA “fourchen”
lolgottem
