Re:Ask HN: If I get locked out of everything, please try to ...
by _morgs_ on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @03:11AM
(#33966082)
How will you avoid fake login pages? Those can even phish SMS and TOTP 2FA.
Yubikey 2FA (and equivalents) help to solve this.
Re:Ask HN: If I get locked out of everything, please try to ...
by Wowfunhappy on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @09:39PM
(#33979362)
Bitwarden will show if I'm not on the right domain. It's not perfect, but a USB key is a nonstarter for me (going back to "I'm more worried about locking myself out than someone else getting in.")
Re:Ask HN: If I get locked out of everything, please try to ...
by themagician on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @02:34AM
(#33965900)
Companies leak passwords constantly.
If you set a strong, long, unique password for every account, your chances of getting the account compromised are just about zero.
2FA is a good thing in most cases, but I do hate how the industry has blindly adopted it as some sort of mantra that you can't exist without. The reality is that if you chose 128+ bit passwords generated out of /dev/random, they cannot be brute-forced within the lifetime of the universe. You might get phished, which is entirely different, but if you're careful about that you'll do fine without 2FA.