Reply to post: Re: Stop with the mobile requirement already

Mastercard and Visa to ERADICATE password authentication

fruitoftheloon

Re: Stop with the mobile requirement already

Ac,

not necessarily, Google Authenticator (I think that is what it is called) on my android generates pseudo-random sequence to be entered into web pages etc, and does not to be connect to the interwebs at the time.

Works quite well, especially here in the countryside, where SMS 2fa is a pain in the derriere due to having ropey mobile reception...

J

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