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2FA or Not 2FA
few weeks ago I received an unsolicited email from the Belgian Center for Cyber Security. It starts with the statement that 80% of cyber attacks could be avoided if 2FA was active and then says literally that If you only use a username and password for your remote logins, you're a sitting duck.
It starts with the statement that 80% of cyber attacks could be avoided if 2FA was active and then says literally that If you only use a username and password for your remote logins, you're a sitting duck. Monkey-type random text from keyboard until the password is accepted and immediately forget it, knowing that you will be able to recover access via email. Moreover, since Github is now a special case for my password management routine, I am afraid I may loose those TOTP codes and be totally locked out of my account.
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