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Re: TOTP apps, and WebAuthn recommended devices?



On Sat, Mar 25, 2023 at 02:45:46AM +0000, Taylor R Campbell wrote:
> [3] If you use FIDO-with-PIN instead of password+FIDO for anything,
>     then the FIDO key does become a single point of failure -- and the
>     compatibility and user experience is worse.  So I advise you avoid
>     that.

Taylor put ther far too nicely - the user experiences with brain dead
setups like Office 365 is a disaster and apparently only designed to
push users away from the safe keys to the revenue generating use of the
providers "authenticator" app (for those not understanding it is plain
TOTP and there are free alternatives) or revealing their mobile phone numbers.

Martin


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