NYT article recommends using SMS for two-factor auth on your email. Sad! Use a security key instead; here’s how: https://techsolidarity.org/resources/security_key_gmail.htm …
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Replying to @Pinboard
I know I'm being stupid here but I still don't get how a key (permanently) plugged into a device is more secure than an app on the device?
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Replying to @adambanksdotcom
it’s not a stupid question. App-generated codes can be fooled by impostor websites (phishing); a security key can’t
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Replying to @Pinboard
Whatever operation happens inside the key to generate or check codes, why can't that happen inside the app?
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Replying to @adambanksdotcom
the code-generating apps don’t change their output based on the URL you’re visiting; the key does
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