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Re:Android now lets you transfer eSIMs between your phones by codetrotter on Saturday January 27, 2024 @04:26AM (#39154009)
Time for Android users to abandon SMS as their 2FA.

(Everyone should stop using SMS for that anyway, btw.)

Best 2FA is a hardware device like YubiKey. I have a handful of YubiKeys, that I use in important places. Tying multiple YubiKeys to an account rather than just one is preferable IMO, because it lessens the risk of being locked out of your account when you lose a YubiKey or it breaks.

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Re:Android now lets you transfer eSIMs between your phones by nunez on Saturday January 27, 2024 @08:08AM (#39155219)
If only any of my banks supported TOTP or Yubikey...
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Re:Android now lets you transfer eSIMs between your phones by xescure on Saturday January 27, 2024 @06:48AM (#39154777)
Yubikeys only allow for 25 resident keys. Clearly not ready for passkeys, but they can work as a second factor.

My setup for the next few years will be: Bitwarden to store passkeys, passwords and sensitive data and a Yubikey that I login to Bitwarden with.

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Re:Android now lets you transfer eSIMs between your phones by Aerbil313 on Saturday January 27, 2024 @04:41AM (#39154078)
No. There is no future where everyone uses YubiKeys, too cumbersome for the average person. Passkeys it will be.
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