While this is good advice, best practice is to always get your yubikey in pairs and keep them synchronized. One should remain in your home, in a safe place (as you described) while the other should remain on your person or outside the home (e.g. in a safe deposit box)
It's more of a pain in the ass for sure, but handles the theft scenario more effectively
I've never set up 2FA on my google accounts, but knew someone who this happened to which is why I was hesitant to set it up on my own accounts. Didn't know backing up 2fa was a thing.
I was always annoyed with MFA because i didnt like needing multiple devices or applications just to log into one shitty website. Now i have my TOTP stuff stored in keepassxc so it just autofills with zero hassle :)
Its not very "multi" anymore, so its a bit less secure but much easier to use.
I suppose that you could have a separate database for your TOTP secrets, but I think that the autofill already helps with spotting phishing, which I believe is a good trade. If my autofill doesn't work all of a sudden, I might check the domain name again.
Realistically speaking, MFA most importantly is to get away from the "something you know" factor since that is generally more vulnerable. Even if it is a single factor, it's a better factor.
Also enables people to meaningfully have multiple factors if they choose. The password managers generally require a master passphrase and/or unlocking through something like "Windows Hello"
Yeah basically, but MFA is honestly not that needed if you use a password manager, secure passwords and URL based autofill. MFA was invented to protect plebs that use bad passwords and easily fall for phishing sites.
Yeah but in that sense my method still fulfills that requirement. They would need to actually get access to my locally stored kdbx file and my master key. If they get that then everything is fucked anyways.
Every manager I've encountered requires unlocking before it'll fill anything in, meaning it is MFA usually
The 3 factor types are something you are, know, and have. On my phone for example I unlock my device with a pin code and my password manager with biometrics (know & are)
It gets iffier on desktop devices for sure but if you get a cheapo fingerprint scanner you can make it guaranteed MFA ezpz, unlock the PC with your fingerprint and enter your password to get to the password manager
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Always download the backup 2fa codes. This is when you need them.
While this is good advice, best practice is to always get your yubikey in pairs and keep them synchronized. One should remain in your home, in a safe place (as you described) while the other should remain on your person or outside the home (e.g. in a safe deposit box)
It's more of a pain in the ass for sure, but handles the theft scenario more effectively
Do you not back up your 2FA when you set them up?
People should need to take a test before they can be on the internet.
I've never set up 2FA on my google accounts, but knew someone who this happened to which is why I was hesitant to set it up on my own accounts. Didn't know backing up 2fa was a thing.
This. So many times. OMG!
I was always annoyed with MFA because i didnt like needing multiple devices or applications just to log into one shitty website. Now i have my TOTP stuff stored in keepassxc so it just autofills with zero hassle :)
Its not very "multi" anymore, so its a bit less secure but much easier to use.
I suppose that you could have a separate database for your TOTP secrets, but I think that the autofill already helps with spotting phishing, which I believe is a good trade. If my autofill doesn't work all of a sudden, I might check the domain name again.
Isn't that effectively back to single factor?
Realistically speaking, MFA most importantly is to get away from the "something you know" factor since that is generally more vulnerable. Even if it is a single factor, it's a better factor.
Also enables people to meaningfully have multiple factors if they choose. The password managers generally require a master passphrase and/or unlocking through something like "Windows Hello"
Yeah basically, but MFA is honestly not that needed if you use a password manager, secure passwords and URL based autofill. MFA was invented to protect plebs that use bad passwords and easily fall for phishing sites.
It's still good practice even if your password is secure. That way bad actors would still need your MFA code if your data ever gets leaked or stolen.
Yeah but in that sense my method still fulfills that requirement. They would need to actually get access to my locally stored kdbx file and my master key. If they get that then everything is fucked anyways.
Every manager I've encountered requires unlocking before it'll fill anything in, meaning it is MFA usually
The 3 factor types are something you are, know, and have. On my phone for example I unlock my device with a pin code and my password manager with biometrics (know & are)
It gets iffier on desktop devices for sure but if you get a cheapo fingerprint scanner you can make it guaranteed MFA ezpz, unlock the PC with your fingerprint and enter your password to get to the password manager
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Why doesn't the bigger app that needs authentication not just eat the smaller app?
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Only 8 factor authentication is secure enough.
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