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Feds Warn SMS Authentication Is Unsafe After ‘Worst Hack in Our Nation’s History’ (gizmodo.com)
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[–] OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Even Bank of America doesn't support MFA apps.

[–] DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com 1 points 20 hours ago

why bank when you can dank

[–] carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

They support USB hardware tokens… but only for the website. Everything else is SMS which kinda defeats the point.

Annoyingly, other than Vanguard, they are the only financial institution to support USB FIDO tokens

[–] DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com 1 points 20 hours ago

in my experience, FIDO tokens suck. I have to around 10 times every time I use one to log in.