Re:Reddit Confirms It Was Hacked–Recommends Users Set Up 2FA
by chimeracoder on Friday February 10, 2023 @09:58AM
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> This. 2FA (implying a phone number which is most likely most important number in your life) for a link sharing web site? You must be joking.
SMS is no longer recommended as a means of 2FA, as it's very vulnerable. Some sites still rely on it, unfortunately. However, it appears Reddit does support TOTP.
Re:Reddit Confirms It Was Hacked–Recommends Users Set Up 2FA
by throwA29B on Friday February 10, 2023 @10:03AM
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Somehow this reminds me of a wise saying: "Every problem in CS can be solved by adding level of indirection. Except for the problem of excessive number of indirections".
SMS is no longer recommended as a means of 2FA, as it's very vulnerable. Some sites still rely on it, unfortunately. However, it appears Reddit does support TOTP.