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There is nothing creepy about 2-factor authentication.
by picardo 5y ago
There is nothing creepy about 2-factor authentication.
- thepra 5y agoTrue, but I was alleging it's creepy automatic use without any notice/permission given that I didn't even had before my phone number in the account info.
- picardo 5y agoI wouldn't call that creepy, either. You were opted-in to a feature that makes your account more secure and it is better for you to have more security than less security. It's for your own good and protects you against real creepy actors, like hackers and data harvesters. It's not really lining Amazon's pockets to give you more security. They're opting you in by default for your own good. Some people find that kind of nudge paternalistic, so you can easily opt-out from your account page. It's not mandatory.