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Good thing multifactor auth is the norm today?

by sublinear 4y ago

MSFT_Edging 4y ago
maybe on this forum it is. I'm sure there's tons of folks who just click "maybe later" and forget entirely.
- aaronharnly 4y ago
  Although notably, literally not available on HN itself :)
  - MSFT_Edging 4y ago
    HN makes me feel good about my bare minimum html template projects. I also have issues with form submission states when using the back button.
moffkalast 4y ago
Passwords feel more like extra usernames these days with 2FA. Why bother changing them when hashes will be leaked immediately by the incompetent idiots at <insert this week's big company that had data stolen yet again>.
- sublinear 4y ago
  To avoid getting hit by an MFA fatigue attack. Passwords are still not obsolete.
  - moffkalast 4y ago
    I don't think those work with today's code generators, since nothing is ever sent to the user. SMS and other types of 2FA should hopefully be obsolete soon.
    - Firmwarrior 4y ago
      > SMS and other types of 2FA should hopefully be obsolete soon Don't most companies force SMS for 2FA primarily to get your phone number for advertisement tracking purposes?
      - moffkalast 4y ago
        Ha, not if they won't let you make an account without one in the first place. Looking at you, OpenAI asshats. The only ones I've seen still use SMS confirmation are banks, not so much because of advertising because they already have just about every shred of info that's possible to get about you without sequencing your DNA, but because they're too cheap to overhaul their systems.
TheFattestNinja 4y ago
No. Always remember that just by being on this website you are likely to be in the top 5% for computer literacy and ability. 2FA is non existant to the general population barring systems that enforce it.
IYasha 4y ago
No. You have clearly an infinite battery on your phone, money on your account, guaranteed world-wide service, absence of thieves, monkeys and gravity. And travels. And trains, toilets, ... hammers? Nothing can go wrong with your phone, right?

Good thing multifactor auth is the norm today?

MSFT_Edging 4y ago

maybe on this forum it is. I'm sure there's tons of folks who just click "maybe later" and forget entirely.

aaronharnly 4y ago
Although notably, literally not available on HN itself :)
- MSFT_Edging 4y ago
  HN makes me feel good about my bare minimum html template projects. I also have issues with form submission states when using the back button.

moffkalast 4y ago

Passwords feel more like extra usernames these days with 2FA. Why bother changing them when hashes will be leaked immediately by the incompetent idiots at <insert this week's big company that had data stolen yet again>.

sublinear 4y ago
To avoid getting hit by an MFA fatigue attack. Passwords are still not obsolete.
- moffkalast 4y ago
  I don't think those work with today's code generators, since nothing is ever sent to the user. SMS and other types of 2FA should hopefully be obsolete soon.
  - Firmwarrior 4y ago
    > SMS and other types of 2FA should hopefully be obsolete soon Don't most companies force SMS for 2FA primarily to get your phone number for advertisement tracking purposes?
    - moffkalast 4y ago
      Ha, not if they won't let you make an account without one in the first place. Looking at you, OpenAI asshats. The only ones I've seen still use SMS confirmation are banks, not so much because of advertising because they already have just about every shred of info that's possible to get about you without sequencing your DNA, but because they're too cheap to overhaul their systems.

TheFattestNinja 4y ago

No. Always remember that just by being on this website you are likely to be in the top 5% for computer literacy and ability. 2FA is non existant to the general population barring systems that enforce it.

IYasha 4y ago

No. You have clearly an infinite battery on your phone, money on your account, guaranteed world-wide service, absence of thieves, monkeys and gravity. And travels. And trains, toilets, ... hammers? Nothing can go wrong with your phone, right?