Re: 2-Factor Authorization Methods
[email protected] Thu, 03 Jun 2021 11:51:46 -0500
| Newsgroups | alt.computer.security |
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| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Thu, 3 Jun 2021 19:03:42 +0800 (GMT+08:00), user <[email protected]> wrote: >Wade Garrett <[email protected]> Wrote in message:r >> My financial institution wants me to use Symantec's VIP Access rather than plain vanilla SMS text messages for 2-factor authorization to access my account online. They say Symantec's system is stronger.Yes? No? > >Yes You have no choice. Plain text messaging is highly insecure. Two step authentication makes hacker work harder. In money matters, you dang well better protect your account with 2 step. Encryption would be better, but your outfit didn't offer you that choice. Here is some more info at this site: https://blog.malwarebytes.com/101/2018/09/two-factor-authentication-2fa-secure-seems/ Here is the link to the search I did on 2 step security. There are more pages with more info here. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=2+step+verification+secure%3F&t=h_&ia=web