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I hate a lot of implementations of MFA by Ice Cream Jonsey 04/28/2019, 8:54am PDT
I'm seeing this come up more and more in cases where it should not come up at all.

I went to pay my phone bill today. I am on a new computer.

Verizon's website saw a PC it didn't recognize ("Oh, so, a PC?" -- Steam) and wanted to send a multi-factor authentication code to my phone. Sounds good, right?

I don't know. The first thing I would try to do if my phone was stolen would be to login to the website and let them know and turn it off or whatever. I am probably overestimating what can be done. But I would do that rather than call because I don't have, in this case, my fucking phone.

What possible benefit is there for MFA in this case? They had other options for this very important code, like email, which someone who stole my phone would probably have access to.

Do you guys hate MFA? Maybe it's just me.
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I hate a lot of implementations of MFA by Ice Cream Jonsey 04/28/2019, 8:54am PDT NEW
    SMS isn't MFA and can be intercepted. It's just a webshit doing the laziest. NT by The Happiness Engine 04/29/2019, 3:50pm PDT NEW
    Some people keep a burner phone with a secret number just for this. by Blackwater 05/01/2019, 6:48pm PDT NEW
    MFA is a mess, continued by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/14/2019, 7:36am PDT NEW
        Did you see this post on slashdot? by Dan Driedelberg 05/19/2019, 8:42pm PDT NEW
        The saddest thing is that we actually have the tech to make 2FA work for real by blackwater 05/22/2019, 8:31am PDT NEW
            Tell me more about this Yubikey. Sell me on it. NT by Jack Bauer 05/22/2019, 8:53pm PDT NEW
                basically it is a physical thing you carry it around that unlocks stuff by Blackwater 05/22/2019, 10:14pm PDT NEW
    My bank's awful "MFA" stuff by Ice Cream Jonsey 09/21/2019, 9:29am PDT NEW
        In theory, the "spirit animal" stuff does make sense by blackwater 09/21/2019, 3:00pm PDT NEW
            It kind of locks them into always having to display it though by - 09/21/2019, 4:01pm PDT NEW
            Mine was a tiger! RAWRR!! NT by pinback 09/21/2019, 5:15pm PDT NEW
    Lookin' good, MFA by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/15/2021, 2:18pm PDT NEW
    Re: I hate a lot of implementations of MFA by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/20/2022, 12:18pm PST NEW
 
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