Throwaway@lemm.ee to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agoIs there any point in using MFA if you use a password manager to auto generate all your passwords for each account you have?message-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up168arrow-down1message-squareIs there any point in using MFA if you use a password manager to auto generate all your passwords for each account you have?Throwaway@lemm.ee to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSGG@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoYes. The purpose of multi factor authentication is that it requires multiple factors, that can be: what you know (password) what you have (yubikey, phone with authenticator app, etc) where you are (in the office vs at home) what device you’re on These are the most common examples.
Yes.
The purpose of multi factor authentication is that it requires multiple factors, that can be:
These are the most common examples.