{"id":6907,"date":"2025-02-18T06:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T12:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/?p=6907"},"modified":"2025-02-16T18:44:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T00:44:36","slug":"two-factor-authentication-taking-too-long-here-are-some-alternatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/18\/two-factor-authentication-taking-too-long-here-are-some-alternatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Two-Factor Authentication Taking Too Long? Here Are Some Alternatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is all this security really necessary? For your convenience and my sanity, we propose some reasonable alternatives to DUO two-factor authentication.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. More Witnesses<\/b>: Require everyone to keep two legal witnesses with them at all times to affirm that no one is being impersonated.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Social Security Number and Bank Account<\/b>: Sign in once, and you\u2019re signed in forever! (not a scam we promise)<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Blood Sample<\/b>: This way it\u2019s easy enough to check if the blood in the bag is the same stuff inside your neck. Remember to grin like a vampire and carry around the sack of blood at all times!<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Avoid the Problem<\/b>: Just never stop working and stay signed in forever! (Or never start)<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Get Enlightened<\/b>: Meditate for one week straight and achieve a transcendental understanding of the self. Instead of passwords, recite a koan.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Proximity to Administrator<\/b>: pro tip \u2013 When in direct physical contact with a Dean of Students, you are granted immunity to bureaucratic procedure. Remember: it\u2019s not privilege, it\u2019s <\/span>convenience<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n
  7. TRIO<\/b>: Download our new app TRIO! Automatically does DUO confirmation with an easy three-digit code!<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. \u201cSelf, Culture, and Society\u201d I-II-III<\/b>: Reward for clearing SOSC hidden level IV in Nightmare Mode: the One-Tap-For-All ID card.<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. Recommendation<\/b>: Obtain a hand-written voucher from Phil the Phoenix.<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. Complain<\/b>: On second thought, don\u2018t.<\/span><\/li>\n
  11. Be the victim of identity theft<\/b>: Now your essay is someone else’s problem!<\/span><\/li>\n
  12. Learn to predict the three digit code<\/b>: Actually it’s probably more effort than pulling out your phone<\/span><\/li>\n
  13. Intimidation<\/b>: Nothing terrifies an appliance more than a jug of water poised to fry its innards.<\/span><\/li>\n
  14. Paul Alivisatos\u2019s personal computer<\/b>: Just grab it from him!<\/span><\/li>\n
  15. God<\/b>: Divine Revelation establishing covenant with God. When has Hobbes ever been wrong?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Is all this security really necessary? For your convenience and my sanity, we propose some reasonable alternatives to DUO two-factor authentication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2089,"featured_media":6913,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2089"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6912,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6907\/revisions\/6912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}