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		loeg on March 30, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH ser... It's inconvenient, SMS 2FA is arguably security theater, and redundant with a real password manager. Hopefully Passkeys kills 2FA for most services.

illusive4080 on March 31, 2024 | [–]

SMS 2FA is the devil. It’s the reason I haven’t swapped phone numbers even though I get 10-15 spam texts a day. The spam blocking apps don’t help and intrude on my privacy.

Hawxy on March 30, 2024 | [–]

FYI github already supports using passkeys as a combined login/2FA source. I haven't used my 2FA codes for a while now.

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