TheWaterGod@lemmy.caM to Tech Support Memes@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months ago"How am I supposed to remember 12 characters!?"lemmy.caexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1498arrow-down15
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minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoI’ve long been of the opinion that passwords on their own aren’t fit for purpose. 2FA has to be the way, surely? Most people are going to be a lot more careful with their phone than with a post-it note.
minus-squarelightnsfw@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months ago2FA generally still requires a password though… It’s just adding a second thing for OPs manager to bitch about.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoIt does, but it’s still better than knowing your customer database is just “qwerty123!” away from being accessed by anybody who guesses it, or gets it from a basic phishing email.
I’ve long been of the opinion that passwords on their own aren’t fit for purpose.
2FA has to be the way, surely? Most people are going to be a lot more careful with their phone than with a post-it note.
2FA generally still requires a password though… It’s just adding a second thing for OPs manager to bitch about.
It does, but it’s still better than knowing your customer database is just “qwerty123!” away from being accessed by anybody who guesses it, or gets it from a basic phishing email.