Why do you guys hate to factor authentication I turn it on everywhere I can. Is it really that hard to get a text message and enter a six or eight digit number to know that your account is secure.
Especially with the ability of most websites to remember the device you’re logging in from it’s usually a once in a great while thing. > On Feb 25, 2021, at 8:45 AM, Steve Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I do hate 2fa as well, I had an issue with a credit card payment to my cell > carrier last week, so my service was shut off. So I go to log into my credit > card portal, guess where the auth text got sent. But the cumbersome nature of > it did force me to rethink my refusal to put alternate forms of payment on > file and to actually open credit card statements. > Fyi, percent cashback only pays off of you're cards are set to pay the > balance automatically and not the default of minimum monthly payment. That > default should be illegal too > >> On Thu, Feb 25, 2021, 7:21 AM Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote: >> I only use 2FA when required. It's a pain in the butt. >> >> I do use a password manager with randomly generated passwords. >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> >> Midwest Internet Exchange >> >> The Brothers WISP >> >> >> >> >> From: "Steve Jones" <[email protected]> >> To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2021 7:38:11 PM >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] FB account deleted >> >> This got me thinking. What do you think the public's tolerance would be for >> full throated protection if it came at the cost of inconvenience, like you >> have to verify your identity to reset a password, but that also means a >> malicious actor would have to do the same. If one of the steps required >> human interaction, like going to a bank, or the dmv (never the dmv) or any >> authorized identity verification location. Almost every jail and police >> department in every podunk town has digital fingerprinting now. Most larger >> towns have businesses whose sole purpose is fingerprinting people. There are >> tons of ways to verify identity in person on top of the digital mechanisms >> attached to Nexus. >> >> Would the inconvenience force people to become more proactive to avoid the >> inconvenience, like actually use a legitimate password manager and 2FA? >> Would they maybe not click every link they see? >> >> I think its obvious that adoption, if voluntary would be virtually nil. But >> what if the big 3 apple, Google and facebook implemented it? Noting that >> those three also are the verification medium for a large percentage of >> everything else. >> >> It's a matter of time until identity theft is a multitrillion dollar >> industry, the vast majority is rooted in convenience over security. I can >> see even republicans backing funding for this type of thing considering the >> cost is going to be much less than the recovery costs of id theft >> >> People will drive 10 miles to get a wifi signal for facebook, it's really >> not outside the realm of reason for this to be a feasible process. >> >> Can this idea be patented? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2021, 1:13 PM Seth Mattinen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 2/24/21 06:17, Mark - Myakka Technologies wrote: >>> > Well she got back in with help from my son. Still not sure what the >>> > deal was. Guess I'll have to start looking at 1Password or LastPassword. >>> >>> >>> Facebook actually supports decent 2FA options like TOTP and FIDO (i.e. >>> yubikey) for 2FA. I'd recommend enabling one of those. >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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