• Opisek@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    What I despise most in when SMS is not just optional but forced upon me as “backup” to TOTP. “Lost your authenticator app? Send an SMS instead.” How about no?

    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      7 months ago

      I don’t believe I’ve run into that, but yeah it completely misses the point of totp. Hell, I’d prefer a lockout over SMS backup in most cases, my totp authentication has multiple encrypted backups.

    • lorkano@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Especially because you can just backup authenticator to the pendrive in encrypted form. I don’t care I loose my phone, that’s exactly the reason authenticator is better.