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by cromulent 5651 days ago
I've been using an extranet site recently that calls you, using Twilio or something I guess. They have my mobile phone number.

You enter your username and password on the web form and your phone rings a couple of seconds later. You are asked by a recording to type in your PIN. When you do, the HTTP request is completed and you are logged in.

It's very easy as a user, and seems quite secure. The username/password/PIN are all quite weak and easy to remember, but in conjunction with the phone call, it's fairly strong.