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Keep up the fight. I've tried this with banks, who are keen on forcing Android/iPhone apps on everyone. Should hopefully be easier to get a public entity to provide non-proprietary 2fa implementations.
Authentication has been a solved problem for decades but no bank is going to ask the general public to use their SSH keys.
Theyre whining about having to use Microsoft Authenticator. I get it, microsoft sucks. But they’re almost certainly using android or iPhones and so already use a bunch of proprietary software. What a stupid hill to die on.
Maybe the EU should solve this by mandating that all 2FA implementations support TOTP, analogous to how they mandated USB-C for smartphones.
I genuinely didn't know there was a 2FA system that didn't support SMS/Email or TOTP.
Theyre whining about having to use Microsoft Authenticator. I get it, microsoft sucks. But they’re almost certainly using android or iPhones and so already use a bunch of proprietary software. What a stupid hill to die on.
Theyre whining about having to use Microsoft Authenticator. I get it, microsoft sucks. But they’re almost certainly using android or iPhones and so already use a bunch of proprietary software. What a stupid hill to die on.
The emails mention students only using FOSS. And while they are the minority, their point of view is reasonable. Studying should not involve handing over one’s data to MS or any other big tech corp without good reason.
Maybe the EU should solve this by mandating that all 2FA implementations support TOTP, analogous to how they mandated USB-C for smartphones.
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The emails mention students only using FOSS. And while they are the minority, their point of view is reasonable. Studying should not involve handing over one’s data to MS or any other big tech corp without good reason.
Yeah. I’m sure none of them have any device capable of watching Netflix or have a gmail address..
Theyre whining about having to use Microsoft Authenticator. I get it, microsoft sucks. But they’re almost certainly using android or iPhones and so already use a bunch of proprietary software. What a stupid hill to die on.
Some of us don't use any proprietary OS. What are we supposed to do?
Keep up the fight. I've tried this with banks, who are keen on forcing Android/iPhone apps on everyone. Should hopefully be easier to get a public entity to provide non-proprietary 2fa implementations.
To be fair, it’s easier and more convenient to just tell the user to download their own app than having to set up any other 2FA service. Authentication has been a solved problem for decades but no bank is going to ask the general public to use their SSH keys.
Authentication has been a solved problem for decades but no bank is going to ask the general public to use their SSH keys.
Nor ask them to put their smartcard in the reader, although many banks will already have given one to their customers...