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		paganel on Oct 7, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose ... > to help a small minority In this case the people asking for 2FA are the "small minority", and the rest of us have to suffer through 2FA-authentication hell because of them.

judge2020 on Oct 7, 2022 [–]

> In this case the people asking for 2FA are the "small minority", and the rest of us have to suffer through 2FA-authentication hell because of them.

How many people don't like 2fa because they don't know about all the times it's saved them from total account takeover?

arubania2 on Oct 7, 2022 | [–]

AKA https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preparedness_paradox

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