Authenticating to a website, 2010: Type in username and password
Authenticating to a website, 2024:
- Type in username
- Look up 20-character password in password keeper
- wait
- Prompt for 2FA token
- Dig out phone
- Unlock phone
- Scroll through 50 services to find 2FA token for website
- Type in 2FA token
- Success
- Receive email alerting you to the fact you've logged in
- Six weeks later: receive email telling you service had been compromised eight weeks ago and you must change password.
Joe Brockmeier (@jzb)
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2024-09-23 17:31:21 UTC
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2024-09-23 17:31:21 UTCEvent JSON
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