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Two Factor: Would you like to update your password?
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 6:31 pm
by Hrothgar
Am I missing something? I've been told over and over again that I must use two factor id to keep my accounts safe. So why do none of my browsers recognize a code entry as a form of 2 factor? They all ask if I want to update my password.
Re: Two Factor: Would you like to update your password?
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 3:44 am
by Victoria Raverna
That is because the password store function on those browsers were designed to store password before the two factor authentication became popular. It can't know if you're entering a password or a two factor verification code because they look the same to the browsers.
Re: Two Factor: Would you like to update your password?
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 12:59 pm
by Kasey Chang
Victoria Raverna wrote: ↑Mon Sep 20, 2021 3:44 am
That is because the password store function on those browsers were designed to store password before the two factor authentication became popular. It can't know if you're entering a password or a two factor verification code because they look the same to the browsers.
And the web guy didn't put in enough
hidden markers to explain this is a 2-factor input, not a password.
Re: Two Factor: Would you like to update your password?
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 7:54 am
by Hrothgar
That's sort of my point. Haven't we had enough time since the rise of two factor to update browsers, API's and HTML to have standards that delineate password from two factor? Is this much harder than I think?