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Re: Ask HN: I have 176 logins/accounts. How many do you have?

#93

The most infuriating auth-related thing for me is the companies that insist on doing phone-based 2FA. I'm inextricably linked to my specific phone number at this point in a way that previously was only an issue with my email address.

This. SMS 2FA has been considered insecure by NIST since 2016 [1] and it's a major pain when travelling and swapping sim cards.

[1] https://www.theregister.com/2016/07/24/nist_says_sms_no_good...

Re: Ask HN: I have 176 logins/accounts. How many do you have?

#94

The most infuriating auth-related thing for me is the companies that insist on doing phone-based 2FA. I'm inextricably linked to my specific phone number at this point in a way that previously was only an issue with my email address.

This. SMS 2FA has been considered insecure by NIST since 2016 [1] and it's a major pain when travelling and swapping sim cards. [1] https://www.theregister.com/2016/07/24/nist_says_sms_no_good...

The best solution is to create a Google Voice account and use that number for 2FA

Re: Ask HN: I have 176 logins/accounts. How many do you have?

#95

Around 1,000 in 1password. I use 1password because many of them are shared. Edit. That is only my work 1pass. I have a personal instance too with a few hundred.

I'm curious, do you actually have ~1,000 work-related accounts? Or second accounts/alts for various non-work sites using your work email?

Re: Ask HN: I have 176 logins/accounts. How many do you have?

#97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This. SMS 2FA has been considered insecure by NIST since 2016 [1] and it's a major pain when travelling and swapping sim cards. [1] https://www.theregister.com/2016/07/24/nist_says_sms_no_good...

The best solution is to create a Google Voice account and use that number for 2FA

Until Google decides to retire Google Voice...

Re: Ask HN: I have 176 logins/accounts. How many do you have?

#100
I'm probably the one with the least.

I have 35 in my password manager. I purge the ones I don't need every 2 or 3 months. I even gave away GOG and Steam accounts to friends after years of not playing games.

Sometimes I have to send a threatening email to delete some accounts. Currently there's about 2 I'm waiting for an answer.

It's gotten worse lately: people just don't delete your account anymore :D. Because of that, I use "hide my email" and put fake personal data pretty much everywhere now. When I REALLY don't care or am just checking the service, I use a burner email.

I honestly wish I had close to zero. I really hate SaaS and I really hate websites that require a login for stupid stuff (like... a barbershop that needs login/password for scheduling haircuts? fuck off).

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