Five Years After Hack That Took Down LarryStation Network, PSN Is Getting Two-Factor Authentication
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BaldingSoHard
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People like me.
Absolutely. People like you who don't even know what two factor authentication is
You probably also think the internet is a series of tubes
BaldingSoHard
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Absolutely. People like you who don't even know what two factor authentication is
You probably also think the internet is a series of tubes
My experience with Two-Factor authentication...
Go to mortgage website.
Type in username and password.
Get to two-factor page.
"We would like to add your device for extra security!"
I decline.
I'm forwarded to another page where I have to login again.
I'm finally allowed to access my mortgage.
So tell me what I'm misunderstanding.
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Breh, entering your password twice isn't two factor authentication
Two factor authentication involves 2 of the 3 authentication methods:
Something you know: like a password
Something you are: biometrics (fingerprint or rental scan)
Something you have: smart card or RSA token
When I have to remote into my job it requires two factor authentication. My username/password and the pin on my RSA token.
BaldingSoHard
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Breh, entering your password twice isn't two factor authentication
Two factor authentication involves 2 of the 3 authentication methods:
Something you know: like a password
Something you are: biometrics (fingerprint or rental scan)
Something you have: key card or RSA token
When I have to remote into my job it requires two factor authentication. My username/password and the pin on my RSA token.
Oh.
So the page marked "two-factor authentication" asking me for my device for added security isn't two-factor authentication?
Thanks for clearing that up.
When I remote in for my job, it also requires two-factor authentication via OTP card, btw. That's the "something you have" version.
Tell me more about what I'm misunderstanding again?
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I trained Sheng Long and Shonuff
Breh, storing a cookie on your machine isn't two factor authentication
And just because the web page says two factor authentication doesn't mean it actually has two factor authentication
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BaldingSoHard
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Breh, storing a cookie on your machine isn't two factor authentication
Pretending to be dense so you don't have to admit that you were wrong?
The internet is a weird place.
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I trained Sheng Long and Shonuff
How am I being dense? What that website is doing is storing a cookie on your machine so that it knows your device belongs to you, but that isn't two factor authentication.
Once you add your device, that question will stop being asked and you can log in from that device using just one authentication method.
Ask yourself this question, what is the second authentication method you have to use to log in your mortgage site
?
BaldingSoHard
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Oh so all I have to do is add my device like it's been asking me to do for the last 2 years?
Well shyt why didn't I think of that?!?! 
The point is, if some of us don't want to add our devices, then some implementations of two-factor authentication can be very annoying.
But I'm sure you're gonna say something about a "cookie" again.
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I trained Sheng Long and Shonuff
Oh so all I have to do is add my device like it's been asking me to do for the last 2 years?
The point is, if some of us don't want to add our devices, then some implementations of two-factor authentication can be very annoying.
But I'm sure you're gonna say something about a "cookie" again.
When you go to your mortgage site you enter your password (authentication method 1)
What's the second authentication method you have to use
BaldingSoHard
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When you go to your mortgage site you enter your password (authentication method 1)
What's the second authentication method you have to use
Again, acting dense.
We both know what two factor authentication is.
We both know that I'm declining and being forced to type in a username and password 2x as a result.
I should only have to decline one time, not every time. It's a poor implementation of two-factor.
I don't see what point you're trying to make, breh.
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I trained Sheng Long and Shonuff
The bolded proves you dont know what two factor authentication is
I'll ask again, what are the two methods of authentication your bank is asking for when you login? Your password is the first one, what's the second
BaldingSoHard
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The bolded proves you dont know what two factor authentication is
I'll ask again, what are the two methods of authentication your bank is asking for when you login? Your password is the first one, what's the second
For the 3rd time, they're asking for my phone. Are you illiterate?