Re:Ask HN: Is using just a TOTP based authenticatation safe ...
by ab_testing on Sunday April 03, 2022 @08:58PM
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Or email if email is the username
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Re:Ask HN: Is using just a TOTP based authenticatation safe ...
by ezekg on Sunday April 03, 2022 @10:32PM
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If you’re doing an emailed TOTP, you might as well do a “magic link” at that point. I dislike both (prefer a secure TOTP app), but here one offers a better UX over the other.
Re:Ask HN: Is using just a TOTP based authenticatation safe ...
by sp332 on Monday April 04, 2022 @08:46AM
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I'm not sure about the email thing, I've just never used TOTP by email. Anyway I don't see anything glaring. The TOTP code has enough entropy that it won't get cracked in any reasonable amount of time. If you rate-limit login attempts, that would be better, but either way I think it's infeasible to crack. And it's a lot better than letting users use short or common passwords that are on some list already!