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politicat

(9,810 posts)
6. Good news -- LastPass is great for that. Bad news... it's never fun to lose a device.
Wed Feb 1, 2017, 06:35 PM
Feb 2017

Here's a GREAT walk through on the basics: http://lifehacker.com/what-do-i-do-if-i-use-two-factor-authentication-and-los-1668727532

Having your single use codes in a secure place helps a lot. You can even put them in a safe deposit box or save them to a text file that you store on a USB drive/memory card that you never, ever use for anything else. But if in spite of all best efforts everything goes sideways and you don't have backups... you make a call and it takes a few days to work it out with your provider.

You know your issues better than I do, so you can make this cost-benefit better than I can:
-- how often do you lose phones? (For me, I've never lost one, never had one stolen.)
-- How often do your phones get irreparably borked? (For me, that happened once on a Nokia smartphone, once on an Android phone, never on my iphones.)
-- How often do yours go for the final swim?
-- How's your backup strategy?
If you can answer those questions with very rarely or never, then you're better off with two factor than without it. If you answer often or all the time to those, then we might be looking at bigger issues than security, and perhaps you're a good candidate for a nothing but burners strategy.

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Indeed. drray23 Feb 2017 #1
Does TOR work on this site? bathroommonkey76 Feb 2017 #2
TOR and paid VPNs can work together. politicat Feb 2017 #4
Which countries have the strongest privacy laws? suegeo Feb 2017 #32
We use a very highly rated paid VPN dixiegrrrrl Feb 2017 #11
Thanks- I'll look into those bathroommonkey76 Feb 2017 #12
Thinking about it... physioex Feb 2017 #3
Good news -- LastPass is great for that. Bad news... it's never fun to lose a device. politicat Feb 2017 #6
Two Factor Authentication is a nightmare unless you have multiple devices NoGoodNamesLeft Feb 2017 #5
There are strategies around it. politicat Feb 2017 #7
Trust me on this NoGoodNamesLeft Feb 2017 #9
And that's your choice. politicat Feb 2017 #13
All I know is that at least 25% of the calls I take NoGoodNamesLeft Feb 2017 #15
Again, that's your choice. politicat Feb 2017 #21
My point is...no one should enable Apple's Two Factor Authentication UNLESS NoGoodNamesLeft Feb 2017 #25
If you don't have text messaging on your stupid phone, what's the best 2-factor option? n/t TygrBright Feb 2017 #8
There are free texting apps available on Apple and Google Play. nt bathroommonkey76 Feb 2017 #10
Will they run on a Windows 7 machine? n/t TygrBright Feb 2017 #17
Text Now seems to work on pcs bathroommonkey76 Feb 2017 #20
I prefer Win7, so I'll have to find something that works with that. Thanks! TygrBright Feb 2017 #24
Authy -- it's a chrome app politicat Feb 2017 #14
That looks fairly do-able, thanks. n/t TygrBright Feb 2017 #18
Check with your service to see if they offer an RSA token n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2017 #19
The Opera browser has a free VPN; also ad blocking built in. hunter Feb 2017 #16
I've always wondered about Opera's VPN service bathroommonkey76 Feb 2017 #22
And it sounds like you've made a reasoned choice that works for you. politicat Feb 2017 #23
My wife and my brother-in-law both work with HIPPA files. hunter Feb 2017 #30
I just read up on Opera's VPN bathroommonkey76 Feb 2017 #33
"Browser VPN" is honest enough. hunter Feb 2017 #34
I think the definition of VPN should be explained a little more clearly ffr Feb 2017 #26
All the encryption and personal security measures in the world mean nothing if EvolveOrConvolve Feb 2017 #27
63 million reds would gave their okay to taking away those liberties too. ffr Feb 2017 #28
In the spirit of the OP, back up files twice with one copy off-site. Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #29
Suggest downloading Tails or Arch Linux Best_man23 Feb 2017 #31
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