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Re:Show HN: Login with HN (Unofficially) by kogir on Thursday January 13, 2022 @05:33PM (#29927903)
Just pick a good password and don’t reuse it elsewhere. HN is super aggressive about rate limiting attempts, so brute force isn’t really a risk.
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Re:Show HN: Login with HN (Unofficially) by maxwell_xander on Thursday January 13, 2022 @08:13PM (#29929356)
2FA also protects me in case someone runs https://github.com/unode/firefox_decrypt on my computer, maybe as part of an NPM install script
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Re:Show HN: Login with HN (Unofficially) by MajesticHobo2 on Thursday January 13, 2022 @10:45PM (#29930378)
Do you not stay logged in to HN?
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Re:Show HN: Login with HN (Unofficially) by maxwell_xander on Friday January 14, 2022 @12:46PM (#29937526)
Never! I log out EVERY... nah, you got me haha. I honestly wouldn't even care if someone stole this account. Just having fun nitpicking :)
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Re:Show HN: Login with HN (Unofficially) by MajesticHobo2 on Thursday January 13, 2022 @10:39PM (#29930344)
Phishing is still an issue that could be prevented with security keys. That said, I don't see most HN accounts being very interesting to phishers.
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