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		epigramx on Nov 26, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New two-factor authenticator: Commodore 64 I find it funny how the internet went straight into the cryptic(to understand for normies) nature of 2fa based on SIM card, when it might had been simpler (and possibly more secure in practice), to just go with key files at first.

alpaca128 on Nov 26, 2022 [–]

Everyone already knows what SMS are, there's nothing cryptic about it on the user side. Also SIM cards don't need a backup.

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