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This is very clever. On a side note, I wish HN offered two-factor authentication.
by clay-dreidels 5y ago
This is very clever. On a side note, I wish HN offered two-factor authentication.
- iyn 5y ago+1, would be nice to have 2FA
- kogir 5y agoJust pick a good password and don’t reuse it elsewhere. HN is super aggressive about rate limiting attempts, so brute force isn’t really a risk.
- maxwell_xander 5y ago2FA also protects me in case someone runs https://github.com/unode/firefox_decrypt https://github.com/unode/firefox_decrypt on my computer, maybe as part of an NPM install script
- MajesticHobo2 5y agoDo you not stay logged in to HN?
- maxwell_xander 5y agoNever! I log out EVERY... nah, you got me haha. I honestly wouldn't even care if someone stole this account. Just having fun nitpicking :)
- MajesticHobo2 5y agoPhishing is still an issue that could be prevented with security keys. That said, I don't see most HN accounts being very interesting to phishers.