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Avamander
on Feb 10, 2023
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Reddit Confirms It Was Hacked–Recommends Users Set...
Ideally yes, but let's not let the perfect become the enemy of good. If that's what available right now, it should still be used and recommended.
rightbyte
on Feb 10, 2023
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In practice in many services 2FA is about hoarding PI to target ads, not improve security. I don't buy into that.
layer8
on Feb 10, 2023
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TOTP doesn’t expose PII.
rightbyte
on Feb 10, 2023
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Don't you need to send the generator hardware dongle thingy (whatever it is called in English) to the user?
layer8
on Feb 11, 2023
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TOTP uses a publicly known algorithm that you can implement yourself. Most people use an app, but that’s not mandatory. No special hardware is required.
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