Reply to post: Re: 2FA is so poorly supported

Australian government urges holidaymakers to kill two-factor auth

Roq D. Kasba

Re: 2FA is so poorly supported

PayPal 2FA on mobile - yes, you *can* get a device from them, perhaps, maybe - but they push you towards using SMS to a trusted number for the second factor. Great! Get a code sent to the very cellphone you're trying to use to pay for something - what could be simpler?

Except the mobile interface will not give a link to the 'send key via sms' functionality. And the server refuses to honour 'please let me use the desktop version of the site instead of this ancient pile of crap you call a mobile interface, you bunch of twunts' browser functionality.

So they refuse to send an SMS to the very device you are trying to use to use their site. Utter shit. Very lazy.

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