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If you can reset your password with it, it's not a second factor. It's just a different factor.
by freeone3000 9y ago
If you can reset your password with it, it's not a second factor. It's just a different factor.
- ams6110 9y agoBut there needs to be a scalable way to let users reset passwords. Users will forget passwords, as anyone who has ever worked tier one support can verify. Requiring a physical, government-issued ID to be presented at an office can work for some scenarios, but not for the vast majority of online services.
- mikestew 9y agoToo bad this is a sub-comment that can't be voted to the top of the page. Very insightful, and a way of looking at the situation that I'm disappointed to say didn't occur to me until reading your comment.