Your Crypto And Bitcoin Are At Risk With New Google Authenticator Update
In an announcement released yesterday, Google released version 4.0 for iOS and Android. The new version introduces cloud syncing.
In an even more sinister twist, "While we’re pushing towards a passwordless future..." This is a con - you still need some access key but it will be stored on your radio transmitter gadget - your dumbphone - making that gadget critical and the main point of failure, and surveillance.
Even worse - total tyranny is slow but lethal - "To sign into a website on your computer, you’ll just need your phone nearby and you’ll simply be prompted to unlock it for access." This brings personal computers into the dragnet. Fuck the future, before it fucks you!
You can, for now, switch it off.
But is just one extra step from 2FA, that also requires being chained to a microwave transceiver.