Soundcloud wants to force me into using a F2A app I dont want just to sign in.

[craigb]

21 minutes ago, Shane_B. said:

I got a message from Google a few weeks ago the my forum credentials were compromised and I changed my passwords immediately.

Yes, they always tell you that right after the key-logger is installed. 😁

[mettelus]

I am sort of curious now if this was implemented due to the NYT article that was recently posted. It may have been implemented to show due diligence for potential litigation headed their way.

[paulo]

8 hours ago, Shane_B. said:

Irt my password from here being put out on the net

My password for this site was stolen once....

A few days later they sent it back to me with a note saying that as they had since wasted several hours of their lives sifting through endless amounts of bollocks they were giving it back to me as a punishment.

[Rain]

23 hours ago, Shane_B. said:

I got a message from Google a few weeks ago the my forum credentials were compromised and I changed my passwords immediately.

The 2 factor and the authorization thing isn't as bad as it seems. There's an official Google Authemticstor app that is used to do the authentication if I remember correctly. I had to use it once or twice. There's the initial setup then I never had to do it again. I can't even remember what I had to use it for to be honest. 

Irt my password from here being put out on the net, if you save your passwords in Chrome they are checked regularly. I think how it works is, if you use the Google Authenticator the password can't be changed unless it's done from the location the Authenticator was installed. It's been a long time since I did it but I think that's how it works.

IMO I think it's a good thing. I always have everything set to send me a code on my cell if there is a login from anything other than my cell or PC. Edit: let me rephrase and say that everything that has the security option to send a code. Not everything does.

Same. I know I do have the Google one because I see it in my apps but I don't think I ever had to use it after the initial setup. That may have been fro my previous job, where they used the Google suite.

I also have the Microsoft one because it's mandatory at work and also because someone managed to steal my hotmail credentials in 2019. I remember the first time I looked at the log of failed login attempts. I was a little shocked, although I really shouldn't have been.

I still see 20-some attempts on any given day. 

If tapping on a number to confirm my identity on my cell phone can make things a little safer, I don't mind.