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0 pointsmacspoofing3y ago0 comments

There are various approaches to 2FA, from backup codes, to SMS, to external physical keys - none of them workable for the specific use-case OP defined: person is homeless and losses their stuff every few weeks.

For that situation no 2FA solution is going to work.

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valenterry3y ago

Of course there is. For instance a printed paper tan list. Yes, this is not as safe a proper 2FA device. But it's easy to access, cheap (just go to a copyshop and 10 cents to print it, then put in a plastic bag) and it's so small that it's easy to put it somewhere where you don't lose it and is hard to get stolen.

macspoofingOP3y ago

You're not arguing with me, you're arguing with the author of the twitter thread.

"Any solution requiring long-term retention of a physical 2FA key or high-entropy secret will not work."

valenterry3y ago

No, I'm certainly arguing with you. :)

Maybe, on top of that, I'm also arguing with the author. But I assume he implicitly talked about Google (which doesn't provide that option).

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0 pointsmacspoofing3y ago0 comments

For that situation no 2FA solution is going to work.

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valenterry3y ago

macspoofingOP3y ago

You're not arguing with me, you're arguing with the author of the twitter thread.

"Any solution requiring long-term retention of a physical 2FA key or high-entropy secret will not work."

valenterry3y ago

No, I'm certainly arguing with you. :)

Maybe, on top of that, I'm also arguing with the author. But I assume he implicitly talked about Google (which doesn't provide that option).

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