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Re:Ask HN: Gmail account security by smileybarry on Monday January 24, 2022 @10:36AM (#30058910)
It might be 2FA's very purpose, but I've found that a 2FA-less account is a lot more distrusting of logins. Some of my relatives don't have 2FA set up and they got more "verify it's really you" prompts compared to my personal MFA'd account.
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Re:Ask HN: Gmail account security by Dylan16807 on Monday January 24, 2022 @10:42AM (#30058993)
Because Google is abusing the concept.
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