It's easy to use, it's free and it works, so why not? I'm sure there are other similar apps if you want to use a different one, but I've never had any reason to use another.
You'll end up saving more time from not having to find your phone though.Takes a lot longer than 15 seconds just to read your post, which precludes most people here from bothering with it.
You're free to recommend alternative apps that you feel are more secure. But that usually comes at the cost of ease of use and convenience and isn't really worth it for the average user.It's easy to use, it's free and it works, so why not? I'm sure there are other similar apps if you want to use a different one, but I've never had any reason to use another.
It's closed-source and unnecessarily stores your otp-codes on their servers, so things like this can happen: https://www.pcmag.com/news/twilio-hackers-also-compromised-authy-users
ease of use and convenience
You're free to recommend alternative apps that you feel are more secure. But that usually comes at the cost of ease of use and convenience and isn't really worth it for the average user.It's easy to use, it's free and it works, so why not? I'm sure there are other similar apps if you want to use a different one, but I've never had any reason to use another.
It's closed-source and unnecessarily stores your otp-codes on their servers, so things like this can happen: https://www.pcmag.com/news/twilio-hackers-also-compromised-authy-users
This might come as a shock to you, but the majority of people today are never separated from their mobile. And they also access websites and apps outside of their man cave, on the move, so having an auth app on their desktop when they need it outside of their home wouldn't be very helpful.ease of use and convenience
That's what you're doing by recommending people use a separate computing device altogether.
the average codexer thinks the government's 5g waves are a form of mass mindcontrolThis might come as a shock to you, but the majority of people today are never separated from their mobile. And they also access websites and apps outside of their man cave, on the move, so having an auth app on their desktop when they need it outside of their home wouldn't be very helpful.ease of use and convenience
That's what you're doing by recommending people use a separate computing device altogether.
which are you more likely to lose or have someone else get access to:I also believe there's a distinct advantage to using a physically separate device for authentication than the one you're protecting. Your Codex account may be no big deal, but, for other, more important things, such as maybe checking your bank account using your phone or other things that, you know, modern people seem to do nowadays, just using the same device for two-factor authentication seems rather stupid, doesn't it?
losing my phoneWhich is more likely to happen:
you lose your phone
OR
you lose your computer
OR
you lose both simultaneously, both somehow winding up in the same person's hands
?
but if I just used my desktop then I'd be able to access my accountsYes, but because you were using two separate devises (true 2FA), your accounts are protected!
Uber's latest Lost & Found report revealed that in the US, the top-10 items most frequently left behind in Ubers are:
1. Phone
2. Camera
3. Wallet
4. Keys
5. Purse / Backpack
6. Clothing
7. Glasses
8. Headphones
9. Vape / E-cig
10. ID / License
you don't understand 2FAHere's an idea faggots: They make this shit called paper and they make this other shit called pens. You can use a pen to write shit on paper. The even make things called notebooks which are just many sheets of paper bound together. You can write your passwords in your notebook and store it somewhere safe so that you can refer to it if you ever forget your password.
Modern technology! What will they think of next!
I understand it fine. The point is that notebooks can't be hacked therefore do not require the use of a third party to secure your passwords. If you use a separate password for every site the most you will have to worry about is a single sites servers getting hacked and that one account getting compomised. With 2fa you are creating a weak point in which everything has the capacity to be compromised.you don't understand 2FAModern technology! What will they think of next!
I understand it fine. The point is that notebooks can't be hacked therefore do not require the use of a third party to secure your passwords. If you use a separate password for every site the most you will have to worry about is a single sites servers getting hacked and that one account getting compomised. With 2fa you are creating a weak point in which everything has the capacity to be compromised.you don't understand 2FAModern technology! What will they think of next!
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
yea they can, most passwords people would keep on a notebook would be trivially bruteforceableThe point is that notebooks can't be hacked