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CyberRage | 2 years ago
1. TOTP is time based, after 30 seconds it means absolutely nothing, you cannot recreate the 'secret key' from that number
2. with TOTP everything is well-known. TOTP will usually generate a 6 digit 'secret', this makes managing it very predictable:
6 digits = 1,000,000 options(including all zeros) we can easily calculate a good security margin
like: 5 attempt - 5/1,000,000 = 0.000005% chance of success Very predictable security margin
for passwords it's a huge unknown, it entirely depends on the user password quality
krupan|2 years ago
CyberRage|2 years ago
Passwords are used because they are convenient and intuitive.
Once you use a 'password manager' you basically have a glorified key generator/storer
We already have so many alternatives from GPG keys to FIDO/FIDO2 solutions
Security isn't always the first priority when running a website/app, it is the sad but honest truth(coming from security expert with over a decade of experience)