Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by corford 4181 days ago
No weirder than the one used by Dyn or Paypal. Click a button, receive an SMS with a code, enter the code and login. Voila.
1 comments
StavrosK 4181 days ago
> No weirder than the one used by Dyn or Paypal

That doesn't make it non-weird. Obligatory Godwin, "meh, Hitler was no more horrible than Stalin or Pol Pot."

link
corford 4181 days ago
<shrugs> they don't feel weird to me, I like 2FA via SMS

Edit: enjoyed your godwin ref though ;)

link
StavrosK 4181 days ago
Haha, thanks. My problem is that it takes a while sometimes, and it doesn't work when I'm out of the country. TOTP works everywhere all the time, though.
link