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Wouldn't two factor make this irrelevant?
by lechevalierd3on 10y ago
Wouldn't two factor make this irrelevant?
- jewbacca 10y agoA state actor wouldn't even break a sweat getting around 2FA, individually or at scale, if the 2nd factor involves SMS (or the phone system in general) (which, for 99% percent of the 1% of people using it, it currently does): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dishfire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dishfire It's not even out of the question for malicious private actors who don't have total control over the whole system: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/09/the-limits-of-sms-for-2-factor-authentication/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/09/the-limits-of-sms-for-2-...
- differentView 10y agoYes, those people will simply be denied entry.
- tptacek 10y agoNo, because if you refuse to help them access your account, they will detain or turn you back.