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Re:Multi-factor authentication isn't necessarily strong by eeZah7Ux on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @09:44AM (#21928207)
The attacker can very easily use your workstation as a vantage point. Even used directly your browser and your SSH sessions.

It's makes it even more difficult to detect and trace.

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Re:Multi-factor authentication isn't necessarily strong by acdha on Thursday January 02, 2020 @02:28PM (#21938802)
Yes, which is a different threat than what was under discussion. Don't argue that we don't need seatbelts because they don't help when the driver is a kidnapper.
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