Subj : Re: book: lessons from cats for surviving fascism
To   : phigan
From : Adept
Date : Wed Dec 10 2025 23:45:26

 ph> This is how I feel about EVERYTHING now requiring a phone number and
 ph> 2FA. But it's for your own security and protection blah blah blah! Fuck
 ph> that.

I hate the phone number 2FA because much of the time they require a non-Google-Voice number. And since I'm in Germany dealing with American things, where my pre-paid American number does not work, "security" just locks me out.

To be fair, that's not the only time I've had things that just don't work because I'm an American in Germany.

I don't actually mind the, "must enter a six-digit code from this other app" ones, though. I mean, I'm fairly scared that I'll lose my phone at some point and suddenly have very annoying problems, but aside from that I think I like the security value over the annoyance level.

But if it's not a site where I can lose something of high value, username and password seems like plenty, to me. And preferably with no restrictions on password creation.

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