Re: We wiill send you a code

micky, 2025-06-11 13:03:

In comp.mobile.android, on Mon, 9 Jun 2025 21:12:00 +0200, "Carlos E.R."
<robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
 

On 2025-06-09 17:18, micky wrote:

I'm seeing more and  more webpages that, after entering my userid, want
to send me a code to log in to the page.  For a computer user, this is
just silly, when he could have stored his password so that it pops right
up, without going to read a text or email. And using one's password
always has been the second option

>
This is a fashion of 2FA, if i understand your description.

 
But why would the person whose account it actually is want to use 2FA,
when he can just click and his saved password will fill the password
field, rather than have them either send a text or email, have to go the

[...]

To make sure, that the account is protected even if someone has stolen
the password. That's the idea of 2FA.

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