Subj : Re: book: lessons from cats for surviving fascism
To   : Adept
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Thu Dec 11 2025 08:53 am

-=> Adept wrote to phigan <=-

 Ad> I hate the phone number 2FA because much of the time they require a
 Ad> non-Google-Voice number. And since I'm in Germany dealing with American
 Ad> things, where my pre-paid American number does not work, "security"
 Ad> just locks me out.

 I swear by Authy - TOTP MFA that stores a secured backup somewhere is
 nice.

 Ad> To be fair, that's not the only time I've had things that just don't
 Ad> work because I'm an American in Germany.

 We're spending more time with family in England. Getting an SIM online
 before the trip was a pain, going to a store and getting an eSIM once
 arriving was better, but still needed tweaking to work.

 My family over there doesn't have overseas calling, so WhatsApp seems
 to be the best way to communicate with them over in the UK and us when
 we're over there.

 I'm playing with SIP phone service at home, I'm looking at setting up
 service with a UK number - to have a local call for them connecting to
 a SIP phone here in the US.

 I should play with MFA and see if providers complain about SIP numbers
 for MFA.




 Ad> I don't actually mind the, "must enter a six-digit code from this other
 Ad> app" ones, though. I mean, I'm fairly scared that I'll lose my phone at
 Ad> some point and suddenly have very annoying problems, but aside from
 Ad> that I think I like the security value over the annoyance level.

 Ad> But if it's not a site where I can lose something of high value,
 Ad> username and password seems like plenty, to me. And preferably with no
 Ad> restrictions on password creation.

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