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Originally Posted by JesseQuinn
with you both on being annoyed by captchas (and guessing Carol is on board with us based on her thread), but for me personally 2FA is even worse. I hate using a phone, have two (one is quite spiffy) but they were both hand me downs
one gathers dust as if I'm out I don't want to be on the phone (rock the landline for setting stuff up, or skype when at home), the other I store in a drawer just for 2FA
I can't even use my own number for most SMS, have to use GrooveIP as many sites/services don't recognize numbers from my nation
I get the security value but holy fuck it is so annoying. I've actually dropped non-essential sites and services in the past just for not letting me log into my own account without that crap
no one knows the password on my comp except my parents, I log in via fingerprint, have an excellent anti-virus and anti-malware. at minimum an option to turn that security ish off is preferable
not saying there's no value, I recognize there is. just saying I find it worse than captchas personally
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2FA can be done many ways, not just SMS. First one is google authenticator / authy , which can be installed on smartphone, or you can even install android on some desktop PC and use it there.
Another way is restriction by ip address , but this for some reason is very rarely offered despite being most simply and effective method. And there is some other ways, like fingerprint or facial recognition .
In shortly, is better to have 2FA activated, as captcha is not something what helps with it anyway.