fucking annoying

security is annoying. You also have to carry around keys for your home, work, car, locker etc… Personally I think that is much more annoying.

can’t believe they sold people that it’s BETTER to have to get your phone out to login

Security wise it is better. Have you not seen a heist movie? There is always multiple layers of security. Two factor is another layer of your security.

incredibly annoying

Some passwords managers have 2FA built in. Just use that if your so annoyed. Less secure but still better than having no 2FA.

If you’re using this willfully you’re clearly just as worried about security as before anyway

I would be way more worried about an account without 2FA. Done right it is a huge security improvement.

Companies love having real phone numbers to pair with ‘their’ data

Good thing a proper 2FA system doesn’t require a phone number. In fact using a phone number is less secure. So avoid giving out your number and use another option if possible.

Sorry, this is a bad take. It might be annoying but the security 2FA offers is better in every way.

• fucking annoying

Maybe it is but this way you can’t log in to my account even if you have the password. You need to have my phone too.

Fuck the phone number harvesting. However, double verification is the same as the driving belt and the condom: it’s annoying and spoils the experience but it protects you.

I like yubikeys since it means I don’t have to pull out my phone. totp on the laptop also works well enough.

sms based 2fa is the worst. it seems like to me every ceo and other non-technical c-level person I’ve known personally loves sms based 2fa though because they can’t figure anything else out.

If you use a good 2FA app instead of Google Authenticator (yes, they can be used interchangably) you can use it on desktop and copy the OTPs to your clipboard. I personally use Authy, but others compatible with GA exist as well.

Also, 2FA is optional almost everywhere, but if you decide to not enable it, don’t act surprised if your accounts get taken over. These days a password just isn’t enough.

Security and convenience are just mutually exclusive and I don’t expect mankind to ever find a way around that fact.

I love it when people are as confident as you, whilst simultaneously being wrong.

I just got a replacement router (bad lightning storm) and to set up the wifi information or anything else I had to download an app on a phone to access it. 192.168.1.1 shows the QR code to install. And what I can change on this new one is even less than the limited version I had before. Total overkill.

Man, passwords are indeed so fucking annoying, imagine having to memorize an intricate all separate string of text other than your username. And having to create a completely new one for every site? This sucks. I should be able to login just by typing my username