• BCsven@lemmy.ca
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    21 hours ago

    Not if your TOTP codes are generated by another device, then the attacker needs your password, plus the device holding the key for TOTP. If you use it on your phone and authenticator is your phone then a theif has everything when they steal your phone.

    Hardware key for TOTP is a better 2FA method as its totally separate from your PC or phone

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      20 hours ago

      If you can get at a password by hacking a website, I wouldn’t be holding out hope that they couldn’t then steal the TOTP secret.

    • killingspark@feddit.org
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      20 hours ago

      As long as the default recommendation is to use authenticator apps on your main device I’ll see this as a “could be good if implemented correctly, which it isn’t, so it isn’t good”