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Some friends and I were talking about the feasibility of that earlier today.
It’s possible, assuming that you never need to use your phone as an MFA method, never need to scan a QR code, or never need to use an app for something because they lack a web version.
My company recently required us to have mandatory fun at a baseball stadium. Apparently, Ballpark MLB is the only way to receive tickets and get into the park… I had to sign up for some stupid account and download some stupid app because my company required it.
Some friends and I were talking about the feasibility of that earlier today.
It’s possible, assuming that you never need to use your phone as an MFA method, never need to scan a QR code, or never need to use an app for something because they lack a web version.
My company recently required us to have mandatory fun at a baseball stadium. Apparently, Ballpark MLB is the only way to receive tickets and get into the park… I had to sign up for some stupid account and download some stupid app because my company required it.
The future is stupid.
If my employer wants me to use MFA, they can provide me the device.
This is exactly what a Yubikey is for. They’re phishing-resistant too, as opposed to TOTP codes.
I have tried to make the case for Yubikeys a hundred times. It’s officially not in the budget.
What a shame, they will lose much more to hacks
How about for any personal accounts?
My personal accounts do not use MFA of any kind and very few are tied to external accounts for any form of verification.
QR wishes it can someday become as relevant as you’re giving it credit for. Haha.
There is Aegis for MFA. It’s much nicer than the closed proprietary ones.
Of course, if a job requires something incompatible, then I’ll let them buy me a dedicated device.
Some services threaten me with “there’s no web version”, but they never end up being someome I want to do any business with, anyway. ¯(°_o)/¯
But I do want a dumb flip phone again. They were cool.