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Re:Show HN: A virtual Yubikey device for 2FA/WebAuthN by askvictor on Saturday September 17, 2022 @07:16PM (#32882589)
The attacker has access to all of your authenticated sessions on your compromised laptop. They don't have access to any un-authenticated accounts which have 2FA enabled.
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Re:Show HN: A virtual Yubikey device for 2FA/WebAuthN by bb88 on Saturday September 17, 2022 @07:23PM (#32882627)
Further because 2FA is simpler, a session can time out in a shorter amount of time.
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