Mfa is all nice and smells good until you lose your fingerprints and can't even biometrics-unlock your phone, let alone mfa-auth okta or ms authenticator app.

How the f do I explain to the client that I didn't do anything today..

You were doing security tests ;P

Also, so done with MFA, very tempted to make a browser extension that just autofills them (I'm fine with the hey we'll email you a code since this is a new device)

@BordedDev wow, good idea.

I hate mfa too, not scared to be hacked at all, but losing my access because my phone disappeared, for sure. I see mfa as a risk.

@whimsical Yup exactly the same, I'm more likely to lose the phone than I am to have someone walk in and take the pc

MFA would only have been nice as an "any 2 of N" deal. For small values of N larger than 2, this provides both better accessibility and better security. Implementors just decided to piss in the pot by turning it into a "password + any 1 of N" and only providing second factor options that aren't substantially different in nature, if there's a choice at all.

Man, I remember when I went to get my name changed and had to get fingerprinted as part of that process and the lady was like “I really don’t know if they’ll accept these. You are definitely losing your fingerprints.”

She had to rub lotion onto my fingers to try to coax them into hydrating enough to give a good print. So if you’re having trouble with your prints, maybe try lotion? I don’t know, mileage may vary. Also apparently (because I asked), some people just naturally don’t retain fingerprints very well.

Me: “Jajaja now I can commit CRIMES”
Husband: “Amy, DNA still exists.”
Me: “Motherf***er. How did I forget about DNA?!”

@AmyShackles mine have been dissolved by lime. I'm tearing down some ~100yo walls, built using lime -- it chews through skin as good as sandpaper :)

but yeah, doing crimes is now on the table 😁