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Old 17 Nov 2021, 08:03 PM   #4
TenFour
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So 2FA doesn't seem worth the hassle to me.
I'm not a huge fan of 2FA for everything, but I think the Achilles heel of many things you might log into is their own security. Theoretically, if you have 2FA a thief that steals the password database from your bank or email provider still won't be able to login to your account. Though in reality, the biggest danger for most of us is probably a phishing or smsishing attack that tricks us into giving up our login details. Again, 2FA might help prevent the final login even if we lose the password. In any case, I think the slight hassle of 2FA seems to be worth it for the most important accounts. Google reports it almost eliminated account compromises among their staff.
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