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Re:Man sues AT&T over 'SIM Swap' hack allegedly involving em... by rb808 on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @10:02PM (#21341003)
What happens if the keys get lost or destroyed? It seems like a never ending problem.
Re:Man sues AT&T over 'SIM Swap' hack allegedly involving em... by munchbunny on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @10:10PM (#21341037)
Keep two or three, put one in a bank or a safe at home. That should be enough redundancy for most people. As long as you can still get in to revoke/enroll stuff you should be okay.

It’s not so much a problem as it is a balance of security, redundancy, and effort. You decide where you want to be on that balance of considerations.

Re:Man sues AT&T over 'SIM Swap' hack allegedly involving em... by cookingrobot on Thursday October 24, 2019 @02:46AM (#21342263)
Re:Man sues AT&T over 'SIM Swap' hack allegedly involving em... by bsder on Thursday October 24, 2019 @02:03AM (#21342046)
> Keep two or three, put one in a bank or a safe at home. That should be enough redundancy for most people.

Yeah, good luck.

I don't know of any system that lets me enroll 3 security keys for an account.

Re:Man sues AT&T over 'SIM Swap' hack allegedly involving em... by henkslaaf on Thursday October 24, 2019 @03:10AM (#21342365)
Doesn't Google let you set an arbitrary amount?
Re:Man sues AT&T over 'SIM Swap' hack allegedly involving em... by munchbunny on Thursday October 24, 2019 @05:12AM (#21342829)
Yes, as does Github and Facebook. I forget whether AWS does.
Re:Man sues AT&T over 'SIM Swap' hack allegedly involving em... by sliken on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @10:05PM (#21341017)
Get 2 keys, keep one in a safe place. Add both to your important accounts.

Then also setup TOTP, so if you lose both keys and have a working cell phone with the app installed you can still login.

Re:Man sues AT&T over 'SIM Swap' hack allegedly involving em... by song on Thursday October 24, 2019 @03:31AM (#21342467)
That's if important accounts allow you to do that. For example AWS only allow one MFA key
Re:Man sues AT&T over 'SIM Swap' hack allegedly involving em... by sdan on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @10:07PM (#21341023)
I have one at work/keep on my computer and one at home.

Some websites allow TOTP which is still safer than SMS, but if I lose one, I'll get another one while I use the 2nd.

Re:Man sues AT&T over 'SIM Swap' hack allegedly involving em... by rb808 on Thursday October 24, 2019 @07:33AM (#21343536)
> I have one at work

This seems really easy to steal.

> one at home

Most people I know have been burgled too.