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Re:Twitter reveals surprisingly low two-factor auth (2FA) ad... by guenthert on Friday July 23, 2021 @12:37PM (#27932669)
How much does 2FA really gain us users? What's the more likely scenario, that i) someone guesses or steals my password or ii) some organization breaks into Twitter and steals all passwords and the keys as well? Why would Twitter face better than Yahoo!, Alibaba, LinkedIn, etc.?
Re:Twitter reveals surprisingly low two-factor auth (2FA) ad... by remexre on Friday July 23, 2021 @01:18PM (#27933196)
For the vast majority of users, isn't it 1, by a _lot_? OS-integrated password managers that generate unique secure passwords are slowly helping here, but I suspect most people have approximately the same password for their email, bank, and Netflix.
Re:Twitter reveals surprisingly low two-factor auth (2FA) ad... by guenthert on Friday July 23, 2021 @07:32PM (#27936910)
I don't think that it's this obvious. The number of passwords stolen from the server goes in the hundreds of millions annually on average (well, at least the cases made public). While I don't have any numbers and reusing a password is clearly unwise, I don't think that there are that many Netflix employees getting a kick out of posting on Twitter under their customer's name.
Re:Twitter reveals surprisingly low two-factor auth (2FA) ad... by merlinscholz on Friday July 23, 2021 @02:42PM (#27934206)
It hinders keyloggers, protects against password stuffing, and if enough Twitter accounts are hacked they're just sold off to the highest bidder.