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Re:Reddit Confirms It Was Hacked–Recommends Users Set Up 2FA by ttctciyf on Friday February 10, 2023 @07:44AM (#34738930)
Even if I don't want to throw my reddit account away as such, it's hard for me to imagine ever thinking I'd care more about its security than I would about not giving Reddit my phone contact!
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Re:Reddit Confirms It Was Hacked–Recommends Users Set Up 2FA by Verdex on Friday February 10, 2023 @10:36AM (#34741003)
Yeah, this was my first reaction.

<Reddit hacked>

"Huh, I guess I better change my password."

<Recommends TFA>

"Hmm, give reddit my phone number .... no."

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Re:Reddit Confirms It Was Hacked–Recommends Users Set Up 2FA by pwildani on Friday February 10, 2023 @11:32AM (#34741920)
Reddit's TFA is not phone number based. You use a one time password generator.
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Re:Reddit Confirms It Was Hacked–Recommends Users Set Up 2FA by sjagoe on Friday February 10, 2023 @11:38AM (#34742005)
No need for phone number, they just give you a TOTP private key you can use in Google Authenticator or something like that.
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Re:Reddit Confirms It Was Hacked–Recommends Users Set Up 2FA by webdoodle on Friday February 10, 2023 @11:00AM (#34741403)
Yep. Looking forward to buying /u/maxwellhill off the dark web, so we can read all those private messages, and finally put to rest all the speculation of it being Ghislaine Maxwell's account (which went dark the day she was arrested).
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