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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (3 children)

2FA is too inconvienient* and I think using a password manager to generate a very long password is good enough.

Software 2FA is not even that much more secure to be worth the inconvienience.

And for hardware 2FA keys, there is a higher chance for me to misplace those keys than getting hacked. (I don't have friends to put a backup key in and I don't wanna pay for a safe deposit box)

[*For me personally, your security needs might be different. I don't work with any sensitive classified info or anything like that.]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

honestly computer security has the mindset of authoritarians, you can tell how much law enforcement and legal compliance influences the field

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I hate how companies act like our mommies and daddies needing to protect us. I should be able to make my password “coolguy” or “password” (not that I ever would) and if I get hacked that’s MY fault. It’s so annoying how it gets more and more complex as time goes on. I hate having to make it 90 characters long with 3 social securitiy numbers 10 special characters 3 katakana and 5 hiragana characters and at least 2 characters in Cyrillic

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Gives you absurd password requirements
Immedately leaks all your personal data by storing in planetext with no real security

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

omg so much this. also

sends you an email about losing your data in which they make it sound like it was inevitable

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Tbf, I hate the maximum password character limit even more.

Like WTF even is that.

Minumum, I get it.

Maximum?!? 🤣 WTF LOL

I have a fucking password manager, let me use a 128 character password for fucks sake

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Those sites are probably storing it in plaintext instead of hashing it like they're supposed to, and so they set upper char limits. That makes it worse.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

'If you had read my email, you'd know that the three most common passwords are "Sex, secret, and GOD." So if her Majesty would change her password?'

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I really hate services that use 2FA but the app runs on your phone. Like the android app for ms teams still wants me to enter a 2FA code that I recieve on the same phone! This adds zero extra security, the teams app should just directly ask for my fingerprint if that is even necessary.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I hate that soooo much. It's the scummiest companies that do this to force you to use their app. Even banks do it.