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GeneralRe: Sick of 2FA too Pin
jsc427-Feb-23 23:02
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Owen Lawrence8-Feb-23 3:06
Owen Lawrence8-Feb-23 3:06 
One employer demanded I use my personal phone for Visual Studio 2FA authentication because his wasn't recognized by Microsoft as a valid number. I refused, he yelled at me, I refused again. He went to the next underling who was too scared to refuse and used her phone.

I now have another employer, a huge company that has initiated 2FA, expecting me to install Microsoft's MFA app on my phone. (And yes, they demand you have an Android phone or an iPhone.) Rather than use my cell phone I installed Android Studio, created a virtual phone, and used it to help me figure out how to write my own. I now have a tiny program that puts the 6-digit code onto the clipboard (with a beep so I'm sure it ran) whenever I click its Quick Launch icon. Works great.

It seems to me that an institution's database of users' secret keys (or their generator algorithm) is just another target for hackers. I have a hard time appreciating how this really increases security.
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