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#340 – Chris Tarbell: FBI Agent Who Took Down Silk Road
Lex Fridman Podcast
Is Two Factor Authentication Really Needed?
Two factor authentication is a good example of something that I just was annoyed by for the longest time because, yes, it's very good. But like it's pretty easy to implement horribly to where it's not convenient at all for the, for the legitimate user to use. People using the same password across the same site. So when one site is compromised, people will just take that username and password. It's called credential stuffing and just stuff across the internet. If 10 years ago, when we told everybody don't use the same fucking password across the internet, across the vulnerable sites, maybe two factor wouldn't be needed. There's no way I'd want to run a large tech company
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