> So really the ideal is not just having an app that generates a token but one that generates a specific type of token depending on what type of transaction you're performing and won't accept, for example, a login token when adding a new payee. I haven't seen any bank with that level of 2fa yet, has anyone else?

Some banks in India have a separate “transaction password” that’s required to operate on the account vs just login and view balances. It’s not a rotating token, but it’s somewhat close to what you’re suggesting.

I use my own domain for all email, but as I age, something that has started to concern me is the longevity of email going to my domain. No-one in my family is very tech-savvy so it's entirely possible they don't know to renew my domain and will end up losing all my incoming email as a result. In this sort of scenario, a big provider like Gmail which will clearly outlast me seems more reliable to pass on this account. Has anyone formulated a plan for someone inheriting your email account?

That's precisely what happens with SIMs in India. When a SIM swap happens, text messages are blocked for 24 hours to allow a customer to alert the operator before one time codes resume sending to the new SIM

I think it is just a transition period until they can get rid of models with the switch in their lineup. Since the action button is now configurable, it could soon turn back into just focus modes as the configurable way to silence your phone

You could make some sort of art - in the climbing community old ropes often become chalk bags or carpets etc.

You've made me imagine a doormat made out of old cat5 and usb cables, and I'm horrified in an amused kind of way.

My local search and rescue team made door mats for their station with old 1/2" ropes. They came out really nicely.

Doing so with serial or coax cables seems like an invitation for bits of the plastic sheath breaking off in a few months and polluting the ground around your door though...

I'll bet the higher valuation is because of their investment in OpenAI

Have you tried a password manager? Many of them will autofill the code for you. It makes it quite seamless.

I thought that defeated the entire purpose of 2FA?

That if your password store got hacked, they still wouldn't have access to your separate 2FA device?

It does to a certain extent but it may be a negligible compromise depending on what you use as your second factor.

https://blog.1password.com/1password-2fa-passwords-codes-tog...

Password managers that have HIBP integration are open about it - one says "this password appears in a list of compromised passwords"

I'm very excited for this. Does anyone remember the Sony Vaio P series of laptops that had this capability? You had to insert those huge cellular adapters. It was such a dream of portability well ahead of its time.

https://tinyletter.com has worked well for me