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There are a few glaring flaws in this: The section on 2FA goes on about SMS, which has a very increasing history of being easily bypassed and is utterly terrib
by wepple 8y ago
There are a few glaring flaws in this:
The section on 2FA goes on about SMS, which has a very increasing history of being easily bypassed and is utterly terrible advice. You’re designating a helpdesk operator on minimum wage at T-mobile as your root of trust, to defend against number porting.
Also, if you’re this ultra paranoid you may want to reconsider using Firefox -the last of all the major browsers to get a sandbox by a margin of years- to defend you.
I like the idea of this article and think privacy & security are worthy endeavors, but if you’re putting this much effort in, maybe it’s worth taking a serious look at what precise threats you believe you have, then coming up with the best solutions to those, rather than enabling a ton of stuff and praying it all works.
- wepple 8y agoI should add: 2FA is indeed one of the best forward movements security has had in the last decade, it just SMS who’s time is limited: FIDO seems to be our next best bet.