Comment on Proton releases a new app for two-factor authentication
artyom@piefed.social 3 days agoAs far as I know, passwords and TOTP keys were never leaked by LastPass. Regardless, I did say almost always.
Comment on Proton releases a new app for two-factor authentication
artyom@piefed.social 3 days agoAs far as I know, passwords and TOTP keys were never leaked by LastPass. Regardless, I did say almost always.
pulsewidth@lemmy.world 3 days ago
That’s just scratching the surface. Peoples credentials are increasingly captured by information stealer malware, including attacks on Keepass. So that ‘almost always’ ain’t right regardless.
I agree of course, how the breech has occurred is important as to actions - if it’s just the website being breached and losing their passwords that has no impact on your 2FA codes. So ‘in most cases’ you might be fine, but peoples comp
The goal of 2FA is to be ‘something you have’ like an authenticator device or auth app on your phone, working as a secondary verifier that you are who you say you are to the ‘something you know’ being your password. So if you store 2FA codes with your password then you just have two sets of ‘something you know’ which is far less secure - and leaves you more vulnerable.
It doesn’t matter much with stuff like a forum account that has 2FA, but I certainly wouldn’t put any of my banking or key account 2FA backup codes or credentials in a password manager or central account/password storage service. It defeats the purpose.