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To: Leonard210; Drago; TheBattman
You insist that the only secure form of 2FA is the one used by Apple for account access. No surprise there. But then you listed 6 banks by name. I have no idea what your banks offer or do not offer in the way of 2FA but I do know that you’re a master of the authoritative half-truth, so I did some simple research that turned up statements about Bank of America like this:

No, Loonard, I have never "insisted" that the "only secure form of 2FA is the one used by Apple." That is a construct of your deluded mind and failure to comprehend what I wrote.

I always take advantage of the highest level of security offered by whatever service I use, whatever that is. For example, I told you I use SafePass on my Bank of America accounts with all options turned on. When I activated that, it covered movement of funds only. Apparently their IT department is now adding account access. Right now, BofA does allow access to my financial records using only a username and password. . . without a second factor. I just tried it again. . . and for my accounts there is no login offered for second factor. That's listed as "coming soon," for my accounts, and I will be "notified when it will be activated." Why do you think your 2FA link doesn't list that as being available? I think it probably is being rolled out now. Security is always being updated and improved. Good. When it's activated, I'll use it. I suspect it may not be activated in all areas or for all accounts yet.

Why would I lie about this? It is not in my interest to do so. Your own link showed that as of the date it was compiled, except for four obscure banks, the chart agreed with MY statement that most banks allowed software access to accounts without two-factor authentication. QED.

Give it a rest, Loonard.

70 posted on 09/08/2014 11:59:07 AM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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