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fn-moteyesterday at 5:34 PM2 repliesview on HN

Sorry, I really cannot tell if this is sarcasm or not.

One of the TOTP apps had a periodic test that you still knew the paraphrase. It started frequent and then backed off to like once a month. There’s definitely a benefit even if it’s annoying.


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dwedgeyesterday at 10:25 PM

That app was authy by Twilio. Twilio screwed over everyone using that app

OutOfHereyesterday at 6:28 PM

It depends on whether one has it stored in a password manager or not. If stored, there is no benfit. Giving users a choice would be better.