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So make sure you have your phone locked well.
I'm pretty sure most hacks aren't done by stealing someone's phone though.
A brute force attack or unencrypted database leak is far more common.
Especially in that last scenario 2FA is your only protection.
You can whine and make excuses all you want, but 2FA is simply a security best practice that may save your life one day 
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I have never setup my phone to handle my emails just because of that. I have no problems waiting till I get to my home computer to check emails.
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We have the same crap.
I have to change my Windows password every 3 months.
This also means that most of my applications require a new 2FA login.
So by the end of the day, I have about 20 messages on my personal phone. (I'm not 'important enough' to get a work phone)
And for elevated stuff, we have a Yubi key, and for Google crap we have another electronic key. 
Where are the days that I could turn on my computer and just start working?
I dreading the day that it requires a vial of blood to log-in 
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JohaViss61 wrote: I'm not 'important enough' to get a work phone
I had that problem too. Except that whilst people with work phones could have them on their desks, those of use without work phones were not allowed to have personal mobile phones in the office. So, for 2FA, one had to leave the office, go to the lockers to get you personal phone. write down the 2FA code, get back to the office and hope that the activation code had not expired before you could use it.
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old fashioned passwords for old fashioned hackers. 
MFA/2FA is essential these days, whether you like it or not. I, personally, like it. It's way better than just a plain old password. Passwords get bought and sold every day on the dark web, etc.
Our software shop is in the process of converting all of our existing legacy web apps to use MFA.
We already have 2FA at work for all work related accounts. Its not a hassle at all.
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2FA is a hassle, but a necessary one.
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Amen. I worked in a classified government vault so (A) we can't bring cell phones into our office and (B) personal email websites are usually unavailable. So getting 2FA codes is quite challenging...
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Without giving away any secrets (if you can), how did you 2FA in that situation?
Hogan
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In many top secret locations where personal digital devices are not allowed, they "usually" provide a RSA SecureID dongle or something similar and that is stored at the government site and does not leave there, usually.
That is how it was done back in the day, not sure how it is done now, but I would be surprised if it is much different.
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We still use our personal devices, but have to run out to our car, storage locker, etc, where our phones are and write down the code, then bring it back into the secure location. It sucks.
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One employer demanded I use my personal phone for Visual Studio 2FA authentication because his wasn't recognized by Microsoft as a valid number. I refused, he yelled at me, I refused again. He went to the next underling who was too scared to refuse and used her phone.
I now have another employer, a huge company that has initiated 2FA, expecting me to install Microsoft's MFA app on my phone. (And yes, they demand you have an Android phone or an iPhone.) Rather than use my cell phone I installed Android Studio, created a virtual phone, and used it to help me figure out how to write my own. I now have a tiny program that puts the 6-digit code onto the clipboard (with a beep so I'm sure it ran) whenever I click its Quick Launch icon. Works great.
It seems to me that an institution's database of users' secret keys (or their generator algorithm) is just another target for hackers. I have a hard time appreciating how this really increases security.
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Abraham Lempel - Wikipedia
Inventor (with Jacob Ziv) of the LZ77 and LZ78 compression algorithms.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Real Pioneers of Computer Science.
We studied the LZ77 paper in GRAD school.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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They provided the breakthrough in data compression (loss-less) which greatly improved network traffic. This was one of the lessons we learned in GRAD school. Our professor was keenly interested in this area of research. Really smart man. Had 3 PHD's, math, computer science, electrical engineering. I was fortunate to have him as mentor.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Green * is a scam. It's just a way to move funds and sell trends, just like vegan products and homeopathy / crystallotherapy / younameit.
Don't get me wrong, moving away from fossil fuels and getting sustainable energy is necessary in this power hungry society (though I still have to understand why a US house needs more thn 3 times the power available to an Italian house, considering we do use the same appliances). But the trend of geen everything sold on partial data and preconception, that is a scam full stop.
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Yeah - my electricity supplier swears blind that all my power comes from renewable, green sources.
Doesn't stop the price doubling every time the gas market burps though ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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If we were in the USA, I'd almost be inclined to think their idea of "green energy" was "burning money". 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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It would probably be cheaper to heat the house that way. 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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In Italian money laundering is called money recycling. I'd say they are very much green in that regard 
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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What does the USA have to do with this?
It IS the UK and they are figuratively "burning money" while lying to you. Face it, the UK energy weasels are just as corrupt and self-serving as all the worlds energy weasels. You're not special.
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fgs1963 wrote: What does the USA have to do with this?
In the USA, dollar bills are green. In the UK, the closest you can get is the bluey-green of the five pound note.
Given the current state of our energy bills, we're currently closer to "red/brown" energy[^]. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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That is called fireworks!
Easy to convert hundreds of dollars into smoke.
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den2k88 wrote: (though I still have to understand why a US house needs more thn 3 times the power available to an Italian house, considering we do use the same appliances).
The other night we had -21C, try to top this in Italy (apart from the Alps). Summers down south are hot. Also, our houses are bigger, and the average household is more populated - 3 kids are quite common. Let's not forget a lot of refrigerators - we are big. Need food 
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Single Step Debugger wrote: -21C, try to top this in Italy (apart from the Alps).
Guess where I live? I had easily -28, we use either gas or in rural areas pellet or wood. Never had any issue.
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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