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Appreciation post for hardware 2FA keys after my aunt got phished last month
My aunt lost access to her Facebook account after clicking a fake login link in a DM, and it took her 3 weeks to get it back. I switched all my important accounts to YubiKeys about 6 months ago after reading a post on here about SIM swapping. Has anyone else had success getting older relatives to use physical security keys?
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henderson.vera5mo ago
Honestly, aren't you just making it harder for someone to break into her account if she loses the key?
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felix_lane995mo ago
Three weeks without Facebook is brutal, my aunt went through the same thing with her Instagram last year. @henderson.vera thats a fair point about losing the key, but honestly most people misplace their phone or get locked out of their authenticator app way more often. A YubiKey sits on my keychain right next to my house keys, so its basically the same risk as losing your actual keys, and you can buy a backup for like 25 bucks and keep it in a drawer. Have you ever tried walking a 60 year old through setting up Google Authenticator on a new phone though? Because my aunt struggled with that for two days straight.
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