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al_borlandtoday at 12:24 PM4 repliesview on HN

As much as I’d like to leave my phone in another room while working, 2FA has made that impossible. I’m now required to keep my phone nearby and pick it up periodically throughout the day, all in the same of security.


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Bootvistoday at 12:25 PM

Excellent reason to stand up and take a short walk.

timaclestoday at 12:54 PM

Just make your phone boring.

Delete instagram, log out and don’t go on YouTube. Delete games.

It’s really not that hard to make your phone a device for communication and not entertainment

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dwedgetoday at 12:26 PM

I worked around this by just storing the 2FA in Bitwarden. Yeah, same place as the passwords but I don't care I don't want the forced context switch.

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vayliantoday at 1:46 PM

Consider getting a hardware key (typical example: YubiKey)