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by ianburrell 924 days ago
2FA is password (something you know) and device (something that you have). You have to enter the password to use 2FA.

Are you thinking of password manager? Most password managers involve entering the master password. Some can open with fingerprint but need to use the password occasionally.

Are you thinking about passkeys? Those aren’t 2FA.

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I suspect he's thinking of just straight up using an authenticator instead of a password, which i should remind people is 1FA.
I was thinking Password manager + TOTP or yubikey.

Of course it does also have downsides. I don’t store all my passwords there.