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What do you just want to go away? (piefed.blahaj.zone)
submitted 1 day ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Verification Codes.

One-Time my ass, more like, repeated times. I'm so tired of verification codes up the ass these days. Just today, I had to reset my PayPal password. So that meant there was a code sent to an e-mail address after the reset process was set, to begin with. Then I had to go through the obstacle of verifying the information of the account. And then even after the password was reset, I'm sent ANOTHER freaking code right after!

And it's even more frustrating to deal with, with my bank. I've gotten random verification checks for making internal transfers within my account. Things I've done without any issue. But just one day, I got THREE verification checks to do what I needed to do!

This verification shit has gotten out of hand! I want it to just die, just like captcha. Whatever purpose they originally were intended to do, is lost in translation, because now they're just obstacles that wastes our time every minute we have to bother with them.

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[–] 4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

I'm in IT and login to many different client systems and accounts daily. I get at least 20-30 a day, swapping accounts, making changes, etc. once a month I have to completely wipe all history and cached data from Edge, otherwise things start getting weird and not working.

It's a mess, but I will say MFA alone stops a LOT of attackers. Even if they know your password, unless you're a specific target, they usually just quit once MFA is prompted. It's a small balance between safety and convenience. I bet you'd be more pissed if they get into your account and were able to transfer it all out with a single password alone.

Hell, we use conditional access also, if your account teleports from florida to Colorado within a few moments, VPN or not, we get an alert and a phone call and will most likely lock your account until we speak.

Attacks are on the rise and getting better. Enjoy OTP and MFA, they're probably saving you a lot more headaches than you know.

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