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> they didn't have antibiotics, anesthesia or life-saving surgeries. They didn't have access to a grocery store a short drive away, or a fire department. They wouldn't even dream a…

> there are more effective programs than crossfit Could you give some examples please?

> No it’s not. Maybe to _you_, don’t assume other people are the same way. Along my whole career path (I’m a senior now) I’ve always been curious about the high-level technical stu…

This is what one-time backup codes are for. Alternatively you can purchase a hardware key and store it in a trusted place, but admittedly they are expensive, so OTBC is the usual r…

AKA https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preparedness_paradox

What‘s your speciality in programming? Keeping all your software, and that includes the OS, up to date, is one of the most important aspects of personal security.

I think they probably mean that this switch is software-based, so turning it on does not physically disconnect the underlying hardware. I doubt there is any proof that some kind of…

That is a fair point, indeed this would probably make the configuration page extremely complex. I guess my suggestion would only work for cases where you don’t really care much abo…

Wasn’t suggesting that anyone should - just wanted to suggest a solution to the problem they described.

You could consider setting up a separate email account just for the verification messages and have that on your phone.

> this is a commercial relationship 100% agreed, therefore, we should keep emotions out of it. > People going there... could complain. Or take no sugar. Or choose a different coffe…

That is also true for every password-based account without 2FA by means of password reset. Plus, having someone access your email account means you're pwned anyway - they can see y…

> "Don't do X, don't break the rule, you're doing it wrong"... that's why people don't write tests I think that's why people don't read blog posts like this - such wording is rude …

> Companies want to see your GitHub profile Does it matter where you link to in your resume? I can't imagine someone open a URL only to realize it's not GitHub and close the page b…

There is a concept called Bitcoin maximalism that means, in my understanding, that the whole world would switch to BTC so that the exchange rates to other currencies wouldn’t matte…

Not sure how it works in the US, but in my country the inflation-indexed bonds are still subject to the capital gains tax, so they offer a true hedge only up to a certain level. Ob…

But if you’re changing phone numbers, why don’t you just set the new one in your Google account while you still have access to the old one? Also wouldn’t backup codes help in this …

> and never use your passwords on the phone you are using as 2FA Notably, this also involves not logging into the same email account that you use for signups - it would allow the a…

> swapping out login pages Hmm you’re right, I didn’t think of the scenario when they would give you the machine back in a tampered state. I was gonna reply “well just wipe it once…

> bigger things to worry about Do you mean things like seeing your photos? If your 2FA is not stored on the same machine then the attacker won’t be able to log into your bank / bro…

I think that’s true as long as you never upload it to cloud, but keep it either on one device only or manually sync across more devices.