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submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Any ideas of how we can prevent his as consumers?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Don't use sms 2fa if you can avoid it.

If you add OTP 2fa, be sure to remove sms backup.

Literally change banks if they don't provide a non sms way. Some might not do OTP but they do have 2fa via the app.

Buy 2 yubikey (or 3) and protect everything you can with it, but most importantly your email as breaking into your email gets them into too much

Leave negative feedback on apps and services that only allow sms 2fa

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Thank you for the advice I just ordered yubikeys. Gotta stay safe out there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Awesome! I just want to double check, you did get at least 2?

It's important to have a backup one in case you lose one as it's not like an OTP code you get a backup code for.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah I got more than one. It’s good to have redundancy.