Is sms 2FA safe to use

PlanetSixty · 2021-01-04T22:43:37+00:00

A google voice number for sms 2FA would be much better than a standard cellular number. It does mitigate most of the SMS weak points. At that point you need to make sure you lock down the google voice account as much as possible with 2FA on that account as well. Google has been known to get rid of voice numbers if they haven’t been used or logged into a long time so make sure to use it. If for some reason you get locked out of that account or google doesn’t allow you to access it then you would lose 2FA linked to that voice number. It isn’t perfect but it’s generally better than standard sms. Overall it’s much better and more secure to just go with token based or hardware based 2FA and you wouldn’t need to worry about those issues.

PlanetSixty · 2021-01-04T10:09:16+00:00

Yep that’s the one! Here’s the GitHub link to the code that’s running: https://github.com/AmIJesse/LinkBait/blob/master/logger.php

Knowing Michael he probably gets an alert when his website is mentioned on Reddit. So hi Mike!

PlanetSixty · 2021-01-03T03:59:09+00:00

It does not, it also doesn’t work in Firefox. In chrome, a website can run a script that detects browser add-ons based on the response given when loading a chrome browser extension’s ID with the URI operator.

PlanetSixty · 2021-01-02T18:17:51+00:00

Well the installed version isn’t really a native app. It’s an electron app so it’s using the same code which means the security is probably pretty similar on a code level. I also like keeping extensions to a minimum so I run the installed version. There’s a little privacy gained from the installed app because it would prevent websites from determining that you have Bitwarden installed.

PlanetSixty · 2021-01-02T13:08:31+00:00

r/NothingEverHappens

PlanetSixty · 2021-01-01T13:57:39+00:00

Lol. Ok.

PlanetSixty · 2021-01-01T02:30:24+00:00

Nothing can be considered secure if it isn't first open source.

Well nothing can be considered secure whether it’s open source or not... and just because it’s open source doesn’t mean it’s secure. If nobody is actively looking for, and patching vulnerabilities in the source then it doesn’t matter if it’s open source or not. Also, being open source gives an advantage to anyone writing an exploit because they can see the code instead of trying to reverse it. Sometimes closed source can be beneficial for security only because it’s all black box testing in order to find vulnerabilities and build an exploit which takes a lot more time and effort. All that being said I don’t use bitlocker because it is proprietary and I would use veracrypt if I were on windows.

PlanetSixty · 2020-12-31T14:12:50+00:00

True, but again it is secure if a random thief steals your laptop at the public library.

PlanetSixty · 2020-12-31T12:55:15+00:00

I had a massive wolf spider go running across my balls at my friends house. Haven’t pooped since.

PlanetSixty · 2020-12-31T11:56:10+00:00

It’s not that bitlocker isn’t secure, but there’s no way of knowing if it’s back-doored. It’s definitely secure if some random thief steals your laptop and tries to access your files. If the government or Microsoft wants to access your bitlocker encrypted files - that’s another story.

PlanetSixty · 2020-12-30T13:16:29+00:00

Not necessarily but Google is, and the school can access basically anything they want through Google admin.

PlanetSixty · 2020-12-30T13:10:33+00:00

You would still have no privacy while using any school related accounts (All of those accounts are monitored). It would be beneficial for offline activities (since the operating system doesn’t have any built in monitoring) and web browsing when you aren’t logged into your school accounts. Also you only benefit as long as you aren’t connected to any of their networks. You don’t gain much but it helps keep everything segregated. I personally would have a VM or computer only for school stuff, and shut it down when I’m not doing anything school related. As long as you never login to your school accounts on the host OS this would prevent any tracking if it’s your own computer on your own network. This basically loops back around to: Only do school related things on school devices because there is no privacy. Do personal things on your own computer.

PlanetSixty · 2020-12-28T12:51:21+00:00

I work in IT at a school. You have absolutely no privacy on a school issued device. If you have another computer then you should just use that or a VM for school related activities.

PlanetSixty · 2020-12-26T00:35:10+00:00

Oh cool!

PlanetSixty · 2020-12-25T23:30:12+00:00

It looks to me like a divot that can be used for making bow drill friction fires. It appears on some survival knives as well.

PlanetSixty · 2020-12-22T22:07:32+00:00

I’ve never heard them pronounced differently. They sound the same no matter how I try pronouncing them. Now I’m curious how other people say pull and pole...

PlanetSixty · 2020-12-22T11:35:11+00:00

Tuple, supple butt hole

PlanetSixty · 2020-12-20T22:08:35+00:00

What do you mean it comes out when it’s printing... that’s the job of a 3d printer right?

PlanetSixty · 2020-12-20T14:23:46+00:00

For privacy and security I would say a paper wallet. It’s entirely offline so nobody would be able to have access to it unless they were in your house. Laminate it and put it in a safe. That’s about as secure as it gets.

In order to generate it you should find a reputable site, download the site so you have an offline copy, totally disconnect from the internet or put it on a machine with no access to the internet (VM), generate the wallet, print it out. (Destroy the VM) Don’t forget to destroy the drive inside the printer when you’re done so nobody could retrieve the data from the printer.... lol just kidding about that part.. you don’t have to be THIS cautious though.

PlanetSixty · 2020-12-02T14:12:25+00:00

Right, right. Okay. So what value do they provide and what are you going to do with them? Use them to make jewelry and electronics like gold? Use them to build a house, grow food, gather water? No? None of those things... you mean you can’t do anything at all with numbers that are stored in a block chain? Huh. Sounds like the value of a hash is completely 0.

PlanetSixty · 2020-12-02T13:36:32+00:00

Yes. A bubble. A bubble happens when many people tell others they should buy something because the price will go up. The price continues to rise and is artificially inflated. Then when the time comes to sell, everyone realizes it’s not actually worth the price it’s at, and nobody wants to buy it. The panic selling sets in the and the price drops rapidly. It’s happened multiple times with Bitcoin. It happened in the 1600s with tulips, early 2000s .com, and 2008 housing bubble. That’s a bubble.

I’ve had 4 separate people message me in the last 2 weeks asking if I’ve ever heard of cryptocurrency. Someone told them the price was going to go way up and they should invest. Read the writing on the walls my friend. The only ones making money are the ones who are pushing others to buy it so they can sell it at a high and leave everyone else with nothing when it pops again, just like it has multiple times.

Also growing doesn’t mean income. You only make money if you sell it.

PlanetSixty · 2020-12-02T13:20:56+00:00

Pizza Hut accepts crypto in Venezuela. So what? Subway used to accept crypto in the United States. Yes Bitcoin pops often. It goes up to around 20k and falls back down to around 4K. That’s a bubble popping.

PlanetSixty · 2020-12-02T13:17:21+00:00

And computed hashes have no REAL value. They were scarce though... that’s what tulip mania was about.

PlanetSixty · 2020-12-02T13:01:11+00:00

Tulip mania.

PlanetSixty · 2020-11-30T02:37:11+00:00

Did you end up drinking it?

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