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Much, much easier to deploy a 2FA Mule with the excellent "SMS Forwarder" app and a $8/mo tello plan: https://kozubik.com/items/2famule/ https://kozubik.com/it

• paranoidrobot 4y ago
  The problem with using phones is that they're very much intended to have someone poke at them, and they're not intended to stay on charge 24x7. I've got a work phone in front of me, all it's used for is getting 2FA prompts (SMS and Duo). Yet randomly I'll find it's rebooted for some update because the manufacturer has decided that I have to have it, and now I have to unlock it to launch Duo. I have disabled updates as much as I can, but it still gets some periodic updates. I ran a bunch of Android tablets for a while, and their batteries swelled up over time because they sat on charge all the time. Maybe if you can run a custom ROM to achieve some of this. But it's not an option for my 'work' phone, since the Manufacturer doesn't allow unlocking the boot rom. My point is not all devices are equal, and I think if I was going somewhere remote I'd probably choose not to rely on a phone.
  • rsync 4y ago
    I have two pixel 4 (seen in the photos there) and I have noticed two things: > 1 year uptime with no crashes or reboots Android (whatever version) informs me that it's not charging fully for blah blah battery reasons ... which is to say, it is in some way smartly conditioning its own battery. I can't say any more about it since this isn't my area of expertise but at least with these pixel 4a devices, these issues aren't present.