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by duskwuff 1642 days ago
> This still leaks that the account exists and has TOTP enabled tho.

You could mitigate that by prompting for an OTP code on a random but stable subset of nonexistent accounts -- for example, by hashing the provided username with a server-side secret and requesting an OTP if the hash starts with a zero.

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First time I see this idea - I like it!