Re:Man sues AT&T over 'SIM Swap' hack allegedly involving em...
by rb808 on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @10:02PM
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What happens if the keys get lost or destroyed? It seems like a never ending problem.
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Re:Man sues AT&T over 'SIM Swap' hack allegedly involving em...
by munchbunny on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @10:10PM
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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
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Safe deposit boxes aren’t safe: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/busi...
Re:Man sues AT&T over 'SIM Swap' hack allegedly involving em...
by bsder on Thursday October 24, 2019 @02:03AM
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> 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
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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
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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
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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
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That's if important accounts allow you to do that. For example AWS only allow one MFA key