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John Lee posted:God, gently caress 2FA. Let me guess: Google accounts?
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goferchan posted:A "factor" is a way of confirming your identity. Think of a password as being the factor of "something you know" and access to your smartphone or a standalone device like those old blizzard authenticators the factor of "something you have". Even if your email address and EGS account have two different passwords, that doesn't make it two separate factors. Everyday example, if you want to withdraw cash from an ATM, you need to scan your debit card ("have") and you need to enter your PIN ("know"). You're right, though, that there's a balance of security and convenience there -- for accounts you're not terribly concerned about, proper password management etc. is probably going to be a good enough security measure. Realistically though, the vast majority of people DO reuse simple passwords across a ton of websites, they don't keep an eye to see if they've had accounts exposed during a data breach, etc. They lose their poo poo, they get unhappy, and companies have to spend manpower on helping them recover their account. So at the end of the day there's an incentive for sites to require some form of 2FA. Getting a code through email is exactly the same as getting a code through SMS. You have an email address, and you have a phone number. But you don't know the code EGS expects without them. If you have a strong password on your email as well as a 2FA app like Authy attached to it, then it is much more secure than a phone number when someone can just clone your SIM and steal codes. In any case, you can activate a 2FA app like authy with EGS. As long as you keep that account secure, that follows you to any device you have it installed on.
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Apr 30, 2020 21:35
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this is why we need self-sovereign identity QUICKLY, FRIENDS, TO THE BLOCKCHAIN *runs around with hands pointed in the air making swooshing noises like freakazoid*
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Apr 30, 2020 21:41
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John Lee posted:Hey, I HAVE a cell phone now, even if a kinda lovely one. But I don't have a 'gaming rig,' and I can't play most AAA games! Hey, opportunity was there for the taking! 
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Apr 30, 2020 21:58
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One of this week's free games is Amnesia Dark Descent, that game is a decade old and wasn't AAA at release. There are probably a ton of people in precarious financial situations who still have a laptop that could run it and might want a free video game while the world is on lockdown.
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Apr 30, 2020 22:02
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Fuzz posted:Dunno what the fuss is, I just added both games just fine without 2FA on. They're not enforcing 2FA until next week, I think, to give time to people to put it on
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Apr 30, 2020 22:25
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baka kaba posted:If someone gets your email password they can get your epic one too, because you probably used that email when you signed up, and they just need to do the "I forgot my password" recovery thing (they can also go through your emails and see whatever else you're signed up to, and steal whatever they're interested in, which is why your email password is probably the most important one you have) lmao the mental gymnastics on this one. "Well if they know your passwords you might as well not have it at all!!!" like yeah, no poo poo. Keeping in mind that the context here is that someone is... attempting to hijack your account to get a free game added to it?
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May 1, 2020 00:31
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:lmao the mental gymnastics on this one. "Well if they know your passwords you might as well not have it at all!!!" like yeah, no poo poo. Keeping in mind that the context here is that someone is... attempting to hijack your account to get a free game added to it? Not really, the context is that someone is hijacking your account to sell it for real money. There's marketplaces where you can buy and sell Epic accounts. Obviously if you've just got the free exclusive shovelware titles it's not worth anything, but if there's a bunch of AAA titles and exclusive Fortnite skins or whatever on your account then it's definitely worth something and thus valuable for hackers.
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May 1, 2020 02:20
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:lmao the mental gymnastics on this one. "Well if they know your passwords you might as well not have it at all!!!" like yeah, no poo poo. Keeping in mind that the context here is that someone is... attempting to hijack your account to get a free game added to it? You may want to take this as a learning opportunity about why email based 2FA is vulnerable rather than an opportunity to channel Reddit.
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May 1, 2020 02:31
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PJOmega posted:You may want to take this as a learning opportunity about why email based 2FA is vulnerable rather than an opportunity to channel Reddit. Which could be done by reading the thread, where this was being discussed instead of making up a point no one was talking about.
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May 1, 2020 02:53
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:lmao the mental gymnastics on this one. "Well if they know your passwords you might as well not have it at all!!!" like yeah, no poo poo. Keeping in mind that the context here is that someone is... attempting to hijack your account to get a free game added to it? u wat m8 if someone gets into your email account, they potentially have access to all your passwords - 2FA is meant to be another layer of security on top of that, so it doesn't matter if they get them. But if your 2FA protection on those passwords is "send me an email and I'll confirm it's me" then that's basically worthless in that situation Someone asked why emails "aren't real 2FA" and that's why. It's better than nothing but it still gives people a vulnerable way into your stuff, avoiding that is the whole point of 2FA
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May 1, 2020 04:36
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The whole point of two-factor authentication is that they're two different factors. "Access to your email" is, without actual 2FA on it, still 'something you know'. Part of the impetus behind adopting real 2FA is that passwords are inherently trash and there is no good way to make them not trash; rotation doesn't work, complexity is a lost cause, and (stupid) people share them. 2FA at least allows for a hardware token (e.g. your phone) to provide authentication.
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May 1, 2020 05:09
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drat, must be a fuckton of new free games, look at all these posts!
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May 1, 2020 05:29
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Skwirl posted:One of this week's free games is Amnesia Dark Descent, that game is a decade old and wasn't AAA at release. There are probably a ton of people in precarious financial situations who still have a laptop that could run it and might want a free video game while the world is on lockdown. Amnesia was p. sweet at release. Also, it's taken me this long to realize I bought it after watching a friend play it and still have 0.0 hours on Steam.
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May 1, 2020 05:55
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I'm using a program called WinAuth to handle 2FA things on Windows programs, and it works with Epic's site.
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May 1, 2020 11:20
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Hauki posted:Amnesia was p. sweet at release. Also, it's taken me this long to realize I bought it after watching a friend play it and still have 0.0 hours on Steam. AAA isn't a value judgement on a game good or bad, it just refers to production. Every single Assassin's Creed game is a triple A game even though the games themselves vary wildly in quality.
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May 1, 2020 12:22
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If you somehow haven't gotten them the dozens of times they've been free before, Assassin's Creed 2 and Rayman Legends are free on Uplay. Though so is Child of Light which I don't think has been free that often. https://free.ubisoft.com/
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May 1, 2020 15:44
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:I still have a really old android phone that I'm holding on to because I will need it if I ever decided to play Star Wars: The Old Republic again I'm still using the physical key I got with the fancy collector box at launch in 2011 Every now and then I ponder what'd happen if it finally died on me, since their phone support is down due to COVID
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May 1, 2020 15:54
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I have never heard of this but it seems to be something like Marble Madness? Anyway, Polyball is free at Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/368180/Polyball
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May 1, 2020 16:24
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The new set of Twitch Prime games are up for those who have an Amazon Prime sub rolling. Urban Trial Playground The Little Acre Avicii Invector Pankapu Fractured Minds Snake Pass
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May 1, 2020 18:33
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Samuringa posted:I have never heard of this but it seems to be something like Marble Madness? Anyway, Polyball is free at Steam Apparently not anymore.
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May 1, 2020 18:36
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Cojawfee posted:Apparently not anymore. Oh whoops, I misread it ending on May 1st for starting on May 1st, my bad
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May 1, 2020 18:39
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Butterfly Valley posted:Deus Ex Go is free to download this weekend on apple and android devices
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May 1, 2020 22:35
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dogstile posted:Breaking news, man somehow wants to play epics AAA free games on his gaming rig but is too poor to buy a cell phone. And then grab a Google Voice number. Same phone number forever.
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May 1, 2020 22:47
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Sick, I've really been enjoying the other two GO games. I always wanted them too so this is a nice treat.
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May 1, 2020 22:49
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The Kins posted:The new set of Twitch Prime games are up for those who have an Amazon Prime sub rolling. Never heard of any of these, anyone have any recommendations?
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May 1, 2020 23:20
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timp posted:Never heard of any of these, anyone have any recommendations? I don’t know the others but snake pass is a really fun platformer I guess you’d call it. Have to control a snake in very physics-y puzzles. Infuriating at times but very satisfying when you get it
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May 1, 2020 23:24
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Snake Pass was also already put up on the twitch prime free games before. Maybe they are running out of games people have heard of.
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May 1, 2020 23:38
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timp posted:Never heard of any of these, anyone have any recommendations? The Little Acre is a very cute, very short adventure game. You could reasonably watch a longplay of it in like 2-3 hours, and that'd pretty much be the game.
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May 1, 2020 23:40
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Pankapu is a very neat action-platformer in the vein of, say, Dust or Wonder Boy?
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May 1, 2020 23:46
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Isn't Aviicii the guy that made that one dude take a pill in Ibiza? Would not trust that game.
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May 1, 2020 23:53
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timp posted:Never heard of any of these, anyone have any recommendations?
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Waffleman_ posted:Isn't Aviicii the guy that made that one dude take a pill in Ibiza? Would not trust that game. The game itself look really inspired by AudioSurf. Maybe you need to consume massive quantities of alcohol to enjoy it?
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Waffleman_ posted:Isn't Aviicii the guy that made that one dude take a pill in Ibiza? Would not trust that game. Nah I think he was trying make avicii think he was cool though. Also avicii is dead
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May 2, 2020 09:31
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I love how everyone is butthurt about 2FA on EGS but 90% of you assholes use SteamGuard and have no issue with it.
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May 2, 2020 18:30
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That's exactly what we were talking about, thanks for contributing to the discussion.
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May 2, 2020 18:32
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Fuzz posted:I love how everyone is butthurt about 2FA on EGS but 90% of you assholes use SteamGuard and have no issue with it. how’s the weather on your planet?
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May 2, 2020 19:57
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why is a thread about free videogames the most hostile thread like drat go play some free videogames goons
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May 2, 2020 20:01
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It's not in the OP, butVideoGames posted:New Thread Rule:
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Bottom Liner posted:why is a thread about free videogames the most hostile thread like drat go play some free videogames goons I'm amazed that it's somehow more toxic than the magic the gathering thread.
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