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Re:Visa Buys Plaid by orthecreedence on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @01:37AM (#22042415)
Wells Fargo's 2FA uses SMS. Hardly worth enabling.
Re:Visa Buys Plaid by josh2600 on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @02:30AM (#22042637)
I don’t know why you’re being downvoted. Sms 2FA is not safe, full stop.
Re:Visa Buys Plaid by ericleung on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @03:09AM (#22042803)
Sure, SMS-based 2FA is not nearly as secure as other forms of 2FA. But unless you're targeted, SMS-based 2FA still helps add a layer of security against other issues like password re-use. Of course none of us do that either, but for the general public, I'd rather support SMS-based 2FA across the board than nothing at all.
Re:Visa Buys Plaid by blackearl on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @09:52AM (#22045178)
For the average Joe it's good enough, no one is SIM swapping Bob who works at Walmart
Re:Visa Buys Plaid by nikolay on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @02:32AM (#22042645)
That's default, but you can buy an RSA hardware token.
Re:Visa Buys Plaid by pintxo on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @05:25AM (#22043477)
Like this one [1]? Seems that it is not necessarily better than SMS.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4156897

Re:Visa Buys Plaid by freeone3000 on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @09:50AM (#22045163)
There is an actual, material difference between having no 2FA (guess passwords until you get in), SMS 2FA (have a human person call a phone provider and have the number switched), and token 2FA (given the physical device and a few hundred attempts, you're able to make another device that also authenticates). Saying you might as well not enable 2FA because a token cloning attack exists is ridiculous.
Re:Visa Buys Plaid by projektfu on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @10:50AM (#22045888)
And it's not even an attack on the OTP token.