Jack Dorsey’s account was hacked

Re:Jack Dorsey’s account was hacked by Mirioron on Friday August 30, 2019 @09:40PM (#20844141)

I don't understand why people do that. Your 2nd authentication factor should not be something relying on the same device that you're using.

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Re:Jack Dorsey’s account was hacked by roywiggins on Friday August 30, 2019 @11:27PM (#20844461)

It reduces the set of people who can access your account from "people with the password" to "people with the password and access to my phone."

It's less like a 2nd factor and more like a poor man's password-protected private key authentication, but it's way better than just a password.

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