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by yebyen 3264 days ago
Hell no, without 2FA those are the only things protecting my account! Why would I want to post them publicly? That doesn't even make sense.

I do business with 4 banks and have no less than 4 credit cards, and I'm pretty sure that none of them offer proper 2FA with tokens for the online accounts. Now that you mention it, this is a serious question. Why does Comcast get there before any of the major and/or local banks?

I'll admit, if I can protect my Comcast account and as a result, I never have to speak to another one of their Customer Service Reps, it would be a huge victory! This is probably part of their retention strategy, to be fair.

It's telling that there's no mention of on any document, or interface to Comcast's 2FA settings (that I can find anyway) that speaks to how to use it for protecting the set-top box from ordering Pay-Per-View content.

If I turn on 2FA, I'm pretty sure I won't have the option to use it when ordering PPV. It looks like they have a PIN lock instead. Maybe I can disable PPV and protect it with the second factor?

I honestly have no idea why it's even an option. Are swatters gonna log into my Comcast account, upgrade my XFINITY connection to the maximum bandwidth, and sign me up for all of the premium channels?

Or are they hacking my account so they can pay the bill for me :-D