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2716057 | 7 months ago

The issue I'm having with this sort of "something you own and something you know/are" two-factor authentication is that it has some potential to cause violence - both can be beaten out of you: https://www.citizen.co.za/network-news/lnn/article/banking-a...

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true_religion|7 months ago

This is true with 1FA too. 2FA is more effective at stopping the case where you're hacked and you don't even know it because your password was in a leak.

Leszek|7 months ago

What can't though?

2716057|7 months ago

A TAN generator or security key stored in a drawer at home. At least it reduces the opportunities for theft since people don't carry these devices with them all the time as opposed to their phones. Opportunity makes the thief.

fakedang|7 months ago

Staying anonymous. For every single multimillionaire or billionaire out there flaunting their wealth, there is another who's equally secretive about it. There are many folks with tens of billions in assets who don't make their wealth part of their brand.

Like that guy in Texas whose estate paid billions in tax when he passed away.