Hacker News with Generative AI: 2FA

SMS 2FA is not just insecure, it's also hostile to mountain people (stillgreenmoss.net)
SMS 2FA is not just insecure, it's also hostile to mountain people
2FA or Not 2FA (mova.org)
A few weeks ago I received an unsolicited email from the Belgian Center for Cyber Security. It starts with the statement that 80% of cyber attacks could be avoided if 2FA was active and then says literally that If you only use a username and password for your remote logins, you're a sitting duck.
A 2FA app that tells you when you get `314159` (2024) (jacobstechtavern.com)
This was a pretty fun project: not only did I manage to tickle the part of my geek brain which loves spotting patterns; I got to handle some nifty processing, threading, and optimisation problems!
1Password and 2FA: Is it wrong to store passwords and one-time codes together? (2023) (1password.com)
RaivoOTP 2FA app sold. Latest update removes access to existing TOTP tokens (github.com/raivo-otp)