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by nerdsniper 294 days ago
> If you use oathtool on your laptop, and the password is stored there as well, you're back to 1FA

This is trivially true, but also misses some nuance. Not all "1FA" is created equal. A leaked password can be used by any bad actor remotely who has never met you.

Also your computer could itself have a password and disk encryption, so someone who stole it would still need 2 factors: something you have (your physical laptop) + something you know (laptop password).

Regardless, TOTP is not phishing resistant, so I do tend to prefer passkeys but I understand they're problematic in terms of losing access to the devices/clouds with passkeys stored and then what do you do? (Sometimes services have an out-of-band process to prove identity and reset passkeys, but not all do)