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by rogers12 1437 days ago
Getting your computer hacked is a contagious disease. From there, attackers can infest other machines and run social engineering attacks against your friends. Maintainers of popular open source projects are super-spreaders. They can infect a huge number of other people.

2FA is a vaccine that mitigates or prevents spread of this disease. It is unconscionably selfish to refuse to harden your accounts just because it's a little inconvenient to you.