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Re:Apple really needs two passwords, not one for everything by eridius on Monday December 10, 2012 @01:56PM (#4900840)
I don't think TFA works well for securing mobile devices, because the entire premise is that it sends the second authentication token to your mobile device.
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Re:Apple really needs two passwords, not one for everything by robmil on Monday December 10, 2012 @02:13PM (#4900942)
Even then, it would be better than the status quo — you'd need physical access to my phone to access my Apple account, preventing the kind of remote attacks that were made famous recently.
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Re:Apple really needs two passwords, not one for everything by duaneb on Monday December 10, 2012 @01:57PM (#4900850)
Ideally it would be a yubikey or something not attached to your phone anyway.
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