OUR own Govt is collecting all citizens data with these "hacks'. Think about who hit--ler had spies collecting data on citizens...same same just easier for the govt to use the internet data hacks these days to get data on everyone. Its all part of the future e^il "social credit system" that is coming world wide including the US which will "allow" or "not allow" you to buy, sell, travel etc. Its already in Commie China. WAKE UP. ch tim truth, The healthy american peggy hall etc have info.
Sounds like they don’t like 2 factor authentication with how hard of a time they have getting into modern phones like Apple. Yah stop using 2 factor authentication sounds suspicious
Sloppy announcement by the FBI and these reporters. You should be okay if you have a strong password, uncompromises (not hacked) device/computer, and lock your SIM card! BANKS don't use authenticator apps as an option or a hardware key, so you are stuck with text or email teo factor auth options
True by far the dirtiest cops in the USA are in the FBI. But it makes sense as they report to America's version of the KGB, DHS, just like the DOJ, America's dirtiest and most despicable professionals, lawyers, and Secret Service incapable of walking on a sloped roof. What could possibly go wrong? ,
Sloppy announcement by the FBI and these reporters. You should be okay if you have a strong password, uncompromises (not hacked) device/computer, and lock your SIM card! BANKS don't use authenticator apps as an option or a hardware key, so you are stuck with text or email teo factor auth options
Business and government: require you to use smart phones and texting even for basic services Also business and government: its unsafe to use your smartphone and texting. Please download more apps
@@S5King7 Here's a hint, pen and paper..... Do you need to access two dozen accounts on a daily basis? I have that many different software programs, but I use different passwords and check on all of them once a month......
I've been using Roboform on my PC for years but I elected to store the passwords on my PC instead of the cloud although Roboform encrypts your passwords with a master password so that's not too bad.
Yes and No, there are people that use SMS texting of two-factor codes because they don't know how to use any of the other 2FA options available so they opt to just stick with the SMS text because it's easy and familiar even if offered other (better) methods.
But the people on the boards of these regulatory agencies are mostly former (or future) executives of big corporations with a vested interest in those corporations making huge profits.
The reporters are confused lol. Two factor authenticatjon is security. Those codes expire and can be used only once. Lol. Physhing is not the same as two factor setting. Just dont click on links both in your text msgs and email.
It's long been advised to not use SMS text for 2FA. This has been the recommendation for years now, since before the pandemic. Yes, the codes expire but they are also easy to intercept if someone was to hack the cell phone system as currently it is reported China has done with not one but two of the major telecom companies in the US and maybe other yet to be named telecom companies.
Exactly. The reporters don't even know the difference LMAO When has anybody ever done 2-factor over TEXT???? Are they serious???? or are they just plain stooopid. When in doubt, clear your browsers of all history and cookies, GO TO the website clean, ENTER your website with your passwords etc and CHECK it yourself
Anyone else noticed the subtle push for biometrics that's going on..? Not looking forward to being robbed for my eyeball and finger, cash is less painful to give up.
@@dabronxmom1120 No, they did not. Mask up! They said 2-factor is good in this case and not in the other. Then made the awful suggestion of using a password mgr app. The OP is 100% dead on.
Password managing apps? So a place where all your passwords are stored online? No way. Get a physical authentication key. Why aren’t they suggesting that?
So the news reporter says don't use two-factor authentication. But then when they talk to the professional the first thing he says is the biggest problem isn't two-factor authentication. It's people who don't text often but click phishing links 🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️
How is it MY responsibility to make sure my bank info is safe?!! Geez. The banks should already be on this -- well ahead of what hackers know about THEIR accounts and the security of their holdings! I can't help the banks.
When we’re being told by our government to use an encrypted app, it makes you wonder if it’s really encrypted. Why would the government that loves to obtain people’s personal information? Encourage us to use an encrypted app?
@@DrzPapi126 You seem to be implying that my comment is some sort of conspiracy or something. Am I correct? If that’s the case, answer the question. Why would a government that’s charged with national security, encourage us to use an application that leaves all of our information or conversation encrypted. What control of national security would they have if my communications with other people are encrypted?
It's not the code itself that is the issue, it's the method you get it. If someone intercepts your sms based 2fa code it's harder for you to prove you were taken for the fool.
@@csexecutiveservices the code only lasts for a few minutes. So they would need to have your account info, know the website you are accessing, and then enter the code before you do. Right... 🤨
@@csexecutiveservices You mean intercepts it between WHEN the bank sends it and you USE IT in the middle of the log-in you requested the code during?! WHEN does your bank EVER send you a 2F code and you're NOT trying to log in?!
So, don't do the whole process on your phone -- use both your phone AND a computer. In other words; log onto the website on your laptop, then get the security code sent to your phone (or vice versa.) It's HIGHLY unlikely that both your computer AND your phone can be hacked at the same time by the same people. And if they actually did somehow manage to do it, the security code wouldn't work for YOU, so you'd instantly know there was a problem and could call the company.
My computer and phone are linked together by Google. You can try to unlink them, but they still track your online activity. And it's going to get worse from what I read this morning about "fingerprinting".
I guess the concern is a hacker could try logging into your account, get the code, and put it in all while you're asleep or at work. I don't know what you're supposed to do to stop that, though.
Seems to me, many login sites only give the option to SMS text the 2FA code and don’t give option to be emailed the 2FA code. So, how does one use One Time Password in that situation?
Passkeys everywhere possible since it uses asymmetric cryptography which prevents phishing. If passkeys aren’t available, applications should support TOTP like Microsoft Authenticator, 2FAS, etc.
There is a big problem with all of this that most aren't taking into account. Switching to WhatsApp or other encrypted software is great, however if both people at both ends sending and receiving the message don't have the encrypted software, then it's not encrypted. Both have to have the encryption software -- without that the message is not encrypted.
With an authenticator app, nothing is sent anywhere. Your device's app and the service you're logging in to calculate a code using cryptography that has to match. They change every 30s or so. The FBI are just saying to not use SMS for authentication codes because they can be intercepted, and some services online let you choose between SMS and authenticator apps. They're saying to make the switch away from SMS. Some corporations, like some banks, don't give you the option to switch under your security settings and only send codes via SMS, "for your convenience". Consider banking somewhere else.
Yeah, me too. I don't even do EMAIL on my phone! I have an actual wired house phone so I almost NEVER give out my cell number! Is it awkward? Sure... but I run a biz and do most of my banking online. I wouldn't use a bank that didn't have doors on it, why would I use a phone that was wide open?
@@elenorsnow8970 I wish they would teach technology and digital security in school. The simplified explanations I've heard over the years really isn't helping in the long run.
This is why so many people are going off the grid going back to the old school Amish ways were people don't own anything but they are extremely wealthy.
If business wants my personal information, it’s up to them to keep it safe. If a billion dollar company can’t keep it safe, what’s a citizen supposed to do ? Nothing I do is going to increase the company’s security.
Are they going to force companies to comply? You are forced to use two-factor authentication against your will with many services. Try logging into almost any bank in America, they all use two-factor authentication for the most part. They won't even let you use something like an authenticator app with most of them.
get an encrypted email account and have the security code sent there. The FBI only half right. These security codes sent via text, are only valid for a short time, like a few minutes and once used that code is not good anymore.
Encrypted email account? But who has the keys? Also e-mail in transit isn't always encrypted, encryption is optional not mandatory for e-mail. The problem with SMS codes is with a hacked cell system, the codes can be intercepted thus making your 2FA no-FA, all they need is your username and password - which they may already have if they're after your 2FA.
It seems to me it is slow news days. This to me is silly. Agreed with you there. These code are valid only for a few minutes. Hacker need valid username and password and then security code valid for few minutes to log on. News recommended to download a password app. It is like putting all your treasure into a box with who knows how secure it is. Hacker only need to hack that then they are half way done. Let me guess, most user download a free version to protect their most critical password like banking or retirement accounts.
@@annat6249 That was another thing I had a problem with and is absolute idiocy. If it's online, it's somewhat hackable. Encrypted stuff is not very hackable.
Sloppy announcement by the FBI and these reporters. You should be okay if you have a strong password, uncompromises (not hacked) device/computer, and lock your SIM card! BANKS don't use authenticator apps as an option or a hardware key, so you are stuck with text or email teo factor auth options
People resist change, just look at the move to EV's. The push back from the public is so massive that politicians have had to do a 180 about-face just to not lose their voters.
From the Ashin interview. "The biggest worry is not two-factor." But the FBI says to stop. Stop what? Is it spying on messages or stopping codes for identification? By conflating text messages with temporary ID codes, the "what to do" question is never answered for texts, ID codes because the solutions offered were never specific for ID codes or texts.
Wait…the same FBI that never investigated Hunter’s abandoned laptop…..and a bunch of “former” intelligence operatives signed a letter that said such laptop was “Russian Misinformation”….?
Don’t do this don’t do that. You’re at risk at risk at risk! But please keep buying our phones…..if cell phones and computers are such a risk why not just stop using them period?
The FBI needs to be talking to the companies requiring 2FA over insecure channels. We consumers have zero power over banks and other providers. Email is NOT safe either as the message is unencrypted end to end. As an aside, I use WhatsApp but the companies don't.
I use one -- but I NEVER let it touch the web! Copy and paste is good enough. AND I change my legal/financial/medical p-words every 6 mos. Is it perfect? Nothing is.
And, never use a password manager that touches the cloud. Keep your paaswords on each device separately managed. Huou might have multiple copies or even outdated at times, but that's just a minor inconvenience on your part to update. However, they don't get compromised.
So how do they get into my accounts without my bank passwords? You need both the text and the pw. . 🤦🏻♂️ Fear mongering and app developer advertising. Dumb.
Since the dawn of sim swapping, text 2FA isn't secure anymore. Problem is, major financial institutions only use text 2FA, and that's saying they actually implement 2FA.
Actually, computer/internet security specialists have been telling people to not use SMS 2FA for years, it has also been deprecated as a recommended two-factor method by NIST for years now as well.
Speaking from experience, I had my phone and pc 2-factor connected and I got hacked on my pc. Then because the phone was linked they got into my phone. It was about $2000 in replacements and I don't link anything anymore. This was 2 years ago.
At this point, even internet security is hacked. There is nothing on this earth that can save us but us. Play it safe by listening to that voice in your head giving you a warning. We have to trust that gut feeling. Stay safe people.
Say a hacker sees the message containing a 6 digit code I use once to log into a banking app from my phone - how can they use that non-reusable code to access my account?
Sloppy announcement by the FBI and these reporters. You should be okay if you have a strong password, uncompromises (not hacked) device/computer, and lock your SIM card! BANKS don't use authenticator apps as an option or a hardware key, so you are stuck with text or email teo factor auth options
Please tell this to the banking institutions that still, in the last month of 2024, only offer SMS texted code 2FA. Also pass this on to Lyft as well, I don't know what the hell that modern era tech company is doing not utilizing username and password and solely relying on phone number/text account authentication/login.
The U.S. really has too many enemies to trust anything or anyone…we don’t use our devices for finances. So far we haven’t lost anything. But I cringe when we turn to the one world financial system, as the only ones winning will be the Chinese…
So they want me to use another app or service like google. Every damn business has been hacked so why should we think google or WhatsApp is any different?
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How about laws that prohibit businesses from selling our personal data? Why does every scammer out there has our phone numbers?
Vizio makes more money from selling personal data then selling tvs .
Walmart owns Vizio now
OUR own Govt is collecting all citizens data with these "hacks'. Think about who hit--ler had spies collecting data on citizens...same same just easier for the govt to use the internet data hacks these days to get data on everyone. Its all part of the future e^il "social credit system" that is coming world wide including the US which will "allow" or "not allow" you to buy, sell, travel etc. Its already in Commie China. WAKE UP. ch tim truth, The healthy american peggy hall etc have info.
Sounds like they don’t like 2 factor authentication with how hard of a time they have getting into modern phones like Apple. Yah stop using 2 factor authentication sounds suspicious
They're using Pegasus India.
Nice try AI. Per google, AI-generated anchors to debut on Channel 1 in 2024... Look at the mouth it's clearly fake...
Me and my closest friends only use Carrier Pigeons to communicate. I recommend everyone else do it too!
I intercepted your pigeons! Once the pressure was applied, they squealed like crazy....
Those "birds" are just drones 🤷♂️😬
I and most my friends were always tapping out messages
on train tracks but one lost his head over something I said.
Smoke signals during the day, LEDs at night. Works out great!
Same.
All of the federal websites require two factor authentication
Precisely 😂
Our government has proven to be our enemy. Hopefully Trump will begin to turn that around. It will be a huge task.
@@Buddhavibez AND the code is not re-use: you enter it and it's DEAD!
@@Buddhavibezthe report clearly stated to NOT click on phishing messages. Geeeeesh.
WHATSApp is what China uses to spy and to impose a social score! Anyone who believes this BS should think twice, to say the least.
Weren't we told NOT to use WhatsApp about 4 years ago because of hacking?
Correct. Now we’re being encouraged to use it. Something doesn’t smell right with this.
@@brayleeparkinsonauthor Maybe the govt rewrote it?
Right and because WhatsApp sells your information 🙄 NewsNation is not a trustworthy news station and neither is your government
Sloppy announcement by the FBI and these reporters. You should be okay if you have a strong password, uncompromises (not hacked) device/computer, and lock your SIM card! BANKS don't use authenticator apps as an option or a hardware key, so you are stuck with text or email teo factor auth options
Wasn't that Telegram?
Next, the FBI be like, “Ooops, the. authentication apps we told you to use has a security flaw that compromised your accounts. Sorry, our bad” 🙄
it doesn't matter what security protocol is implemented, people will continue to find a way around it.
If they know how to make it they know how to break it
Give hackers 15 years hard-labor! Maybe having to work for Taylor Swift but not be paid.
Yup! like an old 95 flip phone. Doesnt ping off Any cell tower.
True
If something can be built, it can be broken. Nothing is safe.
Sorry fbi. You guys are the ones we need to watch out for.
Just confess now.
It will set you free.
“Permanent Record”, by Eduard Snowden.
It's damn frightening, how correct you are. The suggestion to use a password manager app is insane (to me, at least)
True by far the dirtiest cops in the USA are in the FBI. But it makes sense as they report to America's version of the KGB, DHS, just like the DOJ, America's dirtiest and most despicable professionals, lawyers, and Secret Service incapable of walking on a sloped roof. What could possibly go wrong? ,
Sloppy announcement by the FBI and these reporters. You should be okay if you have a strong password, uncompromises (not hacked) device/computer, and lock your SIM card! BANKS don't use authenticator apps as an option or a hardware key, so you are stuck with text or email teo factor auth options
Business and government: require you to use smart phones and texting even for basic services
Also business and government: its unsafe to use your smartphone and texting. Please download more apps
Next theyll all want a pic of our face and fingerprint
Give all your passcodes to a third party app? Umm no thanks.
Yeah, that advice is whack. I use one (for its random passwords), but never for anything that can be used to access my finances.
The idea of remembering 2 dozen random passwords is also not realistic.
@@S5King7 Here's a hint, pen and paper..... Do you need to access two dozen accounts on a daily basis? I have that many different software programs, but I use different passwords and check on all of them once a month......
💯agree
I've been using Roboform on my PC for years but I elected to store the passwords on my PC instead of the cloud although Roboform encrypts your passwords with a master password so that's not too bad.
This isnt something the public can control idiots. Make companies do it.
Yes and No, there are people that use SMS texting of two-factor codes because they don't know how to use any of the other 2FA options available so they opt to just stick with the SMS text because it's easy and familiar even if offered other (better) methods.
Exactly
But the people on the boards of these regulatory agencies are mostly former (or future) executives of big corporations with a vested interest in those corporations making huge profits.
@tncorgi92 exactly correct. What value is it to not correct it? I feel like I'm mossing something important.
The reporters are confused lol. Two factor authenticatjon is security. Those codes expire and can be used only once. Lol. Physhing is not the same as two factor setting. Just dont click on links both in your text msgs and email.
It's long been advised to not use SMS text for 2FA. This has been the recommendation for years now, since before the pandemic. Yes, the codes expire but they are also easy to intercept if someone was to hack the cell phone system as currently it is reported China has done with not one but two of the major telecom companies in the US and maybe other yet to be named telecom companies.
@killer2600
I'm really confused I thought the code was to agree to that exact amount from that specific purchase?
no, they can see the code since they are able to look at all sms messages so theoretically it’s almost like a sim swap scam
And always look at the headers of emails to see where an email is REALLY coming from.
Exactly. The reporters don't even know the difference LMAO
When has anybody ever done 2-factor over TEXT???? Are they serious???? or are they just plain stooopid.
When in doubt, clear your browsers of all history and cookies, GO TO the website clean, ENTER your website with your passwords etc and CHECK it yourself
Anyone else noticed the subtle push for biometrics that's going on..? Not looking forward to being robbed for my eyeball and finger, cash is less painful to give up.
There’s been a data leak. Please change your fingerprints.
Dang you must have a lot of money to be worried about biometrics and losing your eyeballs for some cash.
👮♂️: Don’t do this.
💁🏻♂️: Oookkkaayy. Why not?
👮♂️: 🤐
Uhhh. They just explained why not
@@dabronxmom1120 No, they did not. Mask up! They said 2-factor is good in this case and not in the other. Then made the awful suggestion of using a password mgr app. The OP is 100% dead on.
@@dabronxmom1120 They SAID "Trust the govt!" THEY want you to stop using the bank's own 2F system. WTH!??!
The fbi said it, meaning they need your help to spy on you for the CCP. Oh I said it!
Password managing apps? So a place where all your passwords are stored online? No way. Get a physical authentication key. Why aren’t they suggesting that?
Right!
Can those work on mobile?
Biggest cybersecurity breach so far, but it seems like there's always a bigger one just around the corner and then another and another.
I won't believe it until everything on the internet comes back '404 Not Found'
There will always be DIRTBAGS out there that want to take what YOU worked for !
Eduard Snowden’s “Permanent Record”. Read it. Food for thought
It's all on purpose.
Technology has become a bigger problem than help.
Most users can’t opt out from 2FA
Yep
So the news reporter says don't use two-factor authentication. But then when they talk to the professional the first thing he says is the biggest problem isn't two-factor authentication. It's people who don't text often but click phishing links 🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️
How is it MY responsibility to make sure my bank info is safe?!! Geez. The banks should already be on this -- well ahead of what hackers know about THEIR accounts and the security of their holdings! I can't help the banks.
True
That's rich! The federal government makes you use 2-factor authentication to get in to your TSP account and to your SSA Account.
When we’re being told by our government to use an encrypted app, it makes you wonder if it’s really encrypted. Why would the government that loves to obtain people’s personal information? Encourage us to use an encrypted app?
Yah…this outlet has turned into propa- that means don’t do what they say. I watch to know what not to believe now
Good question! Something to ponder!
Sigh here we go
Right, first Whatsapps a favorite use by scammers, now it's recommended?
@@DrzPapi126
You seem to be implying that my comment is some sort of conspiracy or something. Am I correct? If that’s the case, answer the question. Why would a government that’s charged with national security, encourage us to use an application that leaves all of our information or conversation encrypted. What control of national security would they have if my communications with other people are encrypted?
As a veteran, try logging into my health vet and see how many times you get redirected and how many codes they have to send you to get in
Please redo this story. You guys have FAILED at explaining the issue! The reporter was all over the place.
Government: "Move from a hackable method to a method we already hack."
I detect stingray devices trying to sucker my phone!
We gonna talk about how Meta allows scammers to advertise on their app?
“Dont lock your doors”
“Okay Agent Smith!”
Crayons and paper. Never fails. And being a bad sp3ller is even better.
It's a one time code
It's not the code itself that is the issue, it's the method you get it. If someone intercepts your sms based 2fa code it's harder for you to prove you were taken for the fool.
@@csexecutiveservices the code only lasts for a few minutes. So they would need to have your account info, know the website you are accessing, and then enter the code before you do. Right... 🤨
@@csexecutiveservices You mean intercepts it between WHEN the bank sends it and you USE IT in the middle of the log-in you requested the code during?! WHEN does your bank EVER send you a 2F code and you're NOT trying to log in?!
I recommend the FBI stop existing
Why don't they do their job and catch these people???
Maybe they ARE the hackers. ever think of that.
Poor internet design so it is difficult to identify who to catch and no authority to. ISPs that allow hacking activity. F. Miller
So, don't do the whole process on your phone -- use both your phone AND a computer. In other words; log onto the website on your laptop, then get the security code sent to your phone (or vice versa.) It's HIGHLY unlikely that both your computer AND your phone can be hacked at the same time by the same people. And if they actually did somehow manage to do it, the security code wouldn't work for YOU, so you'd instantly know there was a problem and could call the company.
My computer and phone are linked together by Google. You can try to unlink them, but they still track your online activity. And it's going to get worse from what I read this morning about "fingerprinting".
I guess the concern is a hacker could try logging into your account, get the code, and put it in all while you're asleep or at work. I don't know what you're supposed to do to stop that, though.
@@birdgirl2623 Yes, delink them, and use an email other than gmail ail as your primary.
Use One Time Password (OTP). Password will be sent to your email and can only be used once and expires within 2 to 3 minutes.
Seems to me, many login sites only give the option to SMS text the 2FA code and don’t give option to be emailed the 2FA code. So, how does one use One Time Password in that situation?
@dovmerrill804 it's up to the company behind the website to implement the OTP functionality. Developers can do this quickly.
Passkeys everywhere possible since it uses asymmetric cryptography which prevents phishing. If passkeys aren’t available, applications should support TOTP like Microsoft Authenticator, 2FAS, etc.
There is a big problem with all of this that most aren't taking into account. Switching to WhatsApp or other encrypted software is great, however if both people at both ends sending and receiving the message don't have the encrypted software, then it's not encrypted. Both have to have the encryption software -- without that the message is not encrypted.
I don’t trust Whatsapp. Very easily hackable.
They want us to use fingerprint and face recognition for passwords.
Then they have everything
With an authenticator app, nothing is sent anywhere. Your device's app and the service you're logging in to calculate a code using cryptography that has to match. They change every 30s or so. The FBI are just saying to not use SMS for authentication codes because they can be intercepted, and some services online let you choose between SMS and authenticator apps. They're saying to make the switch away from SMS. Some corporations, like some banks, don't give you the option to switch under your security settings and only send codes via SMS, "for your convenience". Consider banking somewhere else.
This is insane . I can barely remember my name let Alone a different password for each site!!
password manager..............
That’s what the password manager is for. All I need to remember is the main password to get in.
@@HopefulEmpathSure, that main password is the “weak link” in the security system.
I paid for my telephone for MY use. I talk, text and take photos - nothing else. Sending me a bill via text is a sure way to not get paid!
I try to ensure I can touch my toes without bending my knees.
Yeah, me too. I don't even do EMAIL on my phone! I have an actual wired house phone so I almost NEVER give out my cell number! Is it awkward? Sure... but I run a biz and do most of my banking online. I wouldn't use a bank that didn't have doors on it, why would I use a phone that was wide open?
@@elenorsnow8970 I wish they would teach technology and digital security in school. The simplified explanations I've heard over the years really isn't helping in the long run.
This sounds like a Whatapp add.
This is why so many people are going off the grid going back to the old school Amish ways were people don't own anything but they are extremely wealthy.
Tell this to our banks that still insist on using SMS text messages for multi factor authentication
Banks need to STOP doing it.
Exactly
Yeah most banks only offer text 2fa. They don't offer anything more secure.
If these companies get hacked and cause our data to be exposed because they don’t have proper security, then they need to be held liable for damages.
So true
We started the sms codes in the first place because our emails got hacked.WE ain't safe nowadays and no where are we. 😮😮😮😮
If business wants my personal information, it’s up to them to keep it safe. If a billion dollar company can’t keep it safe, what’s a citizen supposed to do ? Nothing I do is going to increase the company’s security.
🎯
Are they going to force companies to comply? You are forced to use two-factor authentication against your will with many services. Try logging into almost any bank in America, they all use two-factor authentication for the most part. They won't even let you use something like an authenticator app with most of them.
The best thing is get back to using common sense which is rarely used anymore
How do these hacks keep happening? Do all telecom companies use 12345 for their mainframe passwords?
Do the opposite of what the government says.
Yea because WhatsApp is so much better so FaceBook can spy on you all the time
Nice try feds!!
And since when did we start trusting the FBI? Nah I’m good 😂
get an encrypted email account and have the security code sent there. The FBI only half right. These security codes sent via text, are only valid for a short time, like a few minutes and once used that code is not good anymore.
Encrypted email account? But who has the keys? Also e-mail in transit isn't always encrypted, encryption is optional not mandatory for e-mail. The problem with SMS codes is with a hacked cell system, the codes can be intercepted thus making your 2FA no-FA, all they need is your username and password - which they may already have if they're after your 2FA.
@@killer2600 Obviously your knowledge of such things is very limited.
True
It seems to me it is slow news days. This to me is silly.
Agreed with you there. These code are valid only for a few minutes. Hacker need valid username and password and then security code valid for few minutes to log on.
News recommended to download a password app. It is like putting all your treasure into a box with who knows how secure it is. Hacker only need to hack that then they are half way done. Let me guess, most user download a free version to protect their most critical password like banking or retirement accounts.
@@annat6249 That was another thing I had a problem with and is absolute idiocy. If it's online, it's somewhat hackable. Encrypted stuff is not very hackable.
Imagine if the government was proactive and not reactive.
Sloppy announcement by the FBI and these reporters. You should be okay if you have a strong password, uncompromises (not hacked) device/computer, and lock your SIM card! BANKS don't use authenticator apps as an option or a hardware key, so you are stuck with text or email teo factor auth options
People resist change, just look at the move to EV's. The push back from the public is so massive that politicians have had to do a 180 about-face just to not lose their voters.
So get rid of it already. It hasn’t been safe for at least 2 years. Authenticators or the new passkeys only!
Cant keep up with this scamcrap….
Yashin says so. Had Dave said so I might have believed it. I need to start my day with better things than this. I should just stop using the phone.
first its to get two factor authentication because of hackers now we shouldn't use it because of hackers
Lol what's app is a big hack within itself
OR, ya know, maybe the FBI can actually just arrest the hackers.
From the Ashin interview. "The biggest worry is not two-factor." But the FBI says to stop. Stop what? Is it spying on messages or stopping codes for identification? By conflating text messages with temporary ID codes, the "what to do" question is never answered for texts, ID codes because the solutions offered were never specific for ID codes or texts.
Wait…the same FBI that never investigated Hunter’s abandoned laptop…..and a bunch of “former” intelligence operatives signed a letter that said such laptop was “Russian Misinformation”….?
Don’t do this don’t do that. You’re at risk at risk at risk! But please keep buying our phones…..if cell phones and computers are such a risk why not just stop using them period?
THANK YOU! Go back to paper!
You can't work without it. WhatsApp 😂😂😂😂😂 too funny
The FBI needs to be talking to the companies requiring 2FA over insecure channels. We consumers have zero power over banks and other providers. Email is NOT safe either as the message is unencrypted end to end.
As an aside, I use WhatsApp but the companies don't.
A secured email account is much safer than texts.
Don't use a password manager, your just waiting to be hacked
I use one -- but I NEVER let it touch the web! Copy and paste is good enough. AND I change my legal/financial/medical p-words every 6 mos. Is it perfect? Nothing is.
Oh.
And, never use a password manager that touches the cloud. Keep your paaswords on each device separately managed. Huou might have multiple copies or even outdated at times, but that's just a minor inconvenience on your part to update. However, they don't get compromised.
Is there anything safe? Every day something new.
This feels like an ad for Whatsapp, more than anything else.
This has been a bad idea since it's inception. Intercepting text messages has always been a trivial task.
So how do they get into my accounts without my bank passwords? You need both the text and the pw. . 🤦🏻♂️
Fear mongering and app developer advertising.
Dumb.
Been telling people im illiterate , im not getting any messages or phone calls etc.
Everything they are telling us we should do could also be hacked
Since the dawn of sim swapping, text 2FA isn't secure anymore. Problem is, major financial institutions only use text 2FA, and that's saying they actually implement 2FA.
Right
Three applications I use for the FEDS use this system!!!!!! The FEDS use it and other FEDS say don't use it!
Actually, computer/internet security specialists have been telling people to not use SMS 2FA for years, it has also been deprecated as a recommended two-factor method by NIST for years now as well.
Speaking from experience, I had my phone and pc 2-factor connected and I got hacked on my pc.
Then because the phone was linked they got into my phone.
It was about $2000 in replacements and I don't link anything anymore. This was 2 years ago.
At this point, even internet security is hacked. There is nothing on this earth that can save us but us. Play it safe by listening to that voice in your head giving you a warning. We have to trust that gut feeling. Stay safe people.
Imagine these hackers actually doing something good.
this is mis info, 2 factor is safe. If you get a 2 factor request you didn't ask for DON'T click ANY LINKS
We have the right to do two factor authentication for texting
Say a hacker sees the message containing a 6 digit code I use once to log into a banking app from my phone - how can they use that non-reusable code to access my account?
Hate to tell you. It CAN be done. Hint: Think FAST if u r the hacker
Sorry, that doesn't tell me how it helps them access my account.
We need a full 2024 list of technology dos and donts
Why is everyone pushing it when there are better ways.
Wait. Hackers know that I told my mom what I had for dinner last night?! AAAAAAWWW HELL NAAAWW!
I give up on tech
It’s too much. This is ridiculous. Nothing is private anymore and none of our accounts are safe. It’s done. I give up on tech.
I haven’t had private internet in at least a year
I wish I could turn texting off. I wish we had a line that was a hard line we didn’t have to put up with excess tech. This is absurd.
Like everyone is an engineer. I’m sure.
Stop warning USERS. Warn the telecom and device makers to STOP using unencrypted methods.
How timely eh?
Clearly we need 3-step verification.
Google authenticator or any other two factor key. Then the text is not needed.
Sloppy announcement by the FBI and these reporters. You should be okay if you have a strong password, uncompromises (not hacked) device/computer, and lock your SIM card! BANKS don't use authenticator apps as an option or a hardware key, so you are stuck with text or email teo factor auth options
Please tell this to the banking institutions that still, in the last month of 2024, only offer SMS texted code 2FA. Also pass this on to Lyft as well, I don't know what the hell that modern era tech company is doing not utilizing username and password and solely relying on phone number/text account authentication/login.
How about making it a law that in order transfer money from your bank that you have to go to a physical bank in person and present 2 forms of id.
NO! No! That would be a 1st tentative step toward the thought of getting rid of big tech and spyware and becoming normal again!
Apparently, nothing is secured anymore 🤣🤣🤣
This month alone has really strained my willingness to continue participating in this broken society.
I love how they are like
"oh no dont have whats app or your bank use text message verification"
When every federal government website uses it.
Remember Edward Snowden. Me too. Too little too late 😂we’re being spied on anyway
The U.S. really has too many enemies to trust anything or anyone…we don’t use our devices for finances. So far we haven’t lost anything. But I cringe when we turn to the one world financial system, as the only ones winning will be the Chinese…
I doubt email is any safer than text messages.
If your email account is secure with a good password and 2fa, email is safer than texts.
So they want me to use another app or service like google. Every damn business has been hacked so why should we think google or WhatsApp is any different?
No wonder Verizon has made 2 updates for my phone in the last couple of months. 🙄
Remember when American non-union labor told yall not to vote for cheap chinese labor and you were too greedy to listen?
Computers and tech,ruined life
im about to start faxing everything 🤣
😂😂😂😂😂