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This is what tptacek is talking about. If you have an account with a website that you have already verified, it’s possible for the website to authenticate you i
by snowwrestler 5y ago
This is what tptacek is talking about. If you have an account with a website that you have already verified, it’s possible for the website to authenticate you in a way that can’t be fooled like a person can. Basically it’s like 2FA that only works on the original website. Of course not every site has deployed this yet. But the solution exists.
If you don’t log in, or don’t have an account, though, it obviously can’t help you.
- em-bee 5y agoand every time i reinstall, or switch computers i loose that verification and i have to start afresh. it happens in the reverse too. google gets very suspicious when i log in from a new device. but this happens more often than you think
- tedunangst 5y agoNo? You'd use the same USB key on the second computer, and the third, and...
- lazide 5y agoSo what happens when the USB key gets lost, which regular folks do all the time? (Same as lose their IDs, credit cards, etc.)
- tptacek 5y agoYou have backup factors. If you're using USB keys, you always have 2; there is never a reason to buy just one USB security key.
- em-bee 5y agohere a usb key is given to me by the bank, so i only get one. and it requires some invasive proprietary driver to use too. if i loose it then i am stuck until i can go to the bank to get a new one