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Partially, but this still blocks many attacks that password alone wouldn't. I always think of 2FA as insurance against password theft/leaks. If users don't pra
by racingmars 4y ago
Partially, but this still blocks many attacks that password alone wouldn't.
I always think of 2FA as insurance against password theft/leaks. If users don't practice good password practices and use the same password for multiple accounts, for example, when ${next web site to be hacked} leaks all plaintext passwords, you can't just turn around and use that password to access ${another site where I used the same password but have 2FA enabled}. Or I'm logging in to a site from someone else's computer and they have a keylogger. [Obviously this virtual 2FA device wouldn't let me log in in that scenario--but in general, this is another case where the 2FA doesn't have to be rock solid, it just needs to exist if you captured my keystrokes.]
A direct attack on my workstation to steal my virtual 2FA device and my passwords isn't protected by this virtual 2FA device, but that's low in my list of worries overall for people's account security.