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Re:End of Support for Firefox Lockwise by jfrunyon on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @05:25PM (#29398270)
It's the other way around. Literally all of the advantages of using 2FA are not present when you store both factors together.
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Re:End of Support for Firefox Lockwise by scrollaway on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @01:54AM (#29401384)
You are wrong. The primary advantage of 2fa is the OTP part, which wards against keyloggers and password reuse.
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Re:End of Support for Firefox Lockwise by jfrunyon on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @03:53PM (#29408998)
Unless of course the keylogger also has access to the OTP.

If your device is compromised, your device is compromised.

It doesn't matter what the advantages of 2FA are. You don't have 2FA ("two-factor authentication") if your factors are stored together.

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