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Two-Factor Authentication

Here I was, just got home, looked at Twitter and saw that John McAfee had posted a few videos discussing the BitFi wallet, the "unhackable" cryptocoin wallet. The date was 2nd August 2018 and the BitFi wallet was being hacked! I mean, the device was really being torn apart - it had been investigated; rooted; cast onto other devices etc. but this blog isn't about that, it's about Two-Factor Authentication (2FA). I watched one of his videos , and around about a minute into the video John says, and I quote, " ...and if you are using two factor authentication you are an idiot. So more than one way of, of securing something is not necessarily secure. " This made me think. And rub my chin. And think a bit more. Did he really say that?!? Seriously though, did he??? He comes out with some wacky things but...!!! I was gob-smacked! I put the video back and yes, that's exactly what he said! So 2FA is only used by idiots is it?!? This was a stupid thing to