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Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by paganel on Friday October 07, 2022 @09:58AM (#33121392)
> to help a small minority

In this case the people asking for 2FA are the "small minority", and the rest of us have to suffer through 2FA-authentication hell because of them.

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Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by judge2020 on Friday October 07, 2022 @10:21AM (#33121722)
> In this case the people asking for 2FA are the "small minority", and the rest of us have to suffer through 2FA-authentication hell because of them.

How many people don't like 2fa because they don't know about all the times it's saved them from total account takeover?

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Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by arubania2 on Friday October 07, 2022 @03:00PM (#33125521)
AKA https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preparedness_paradox
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