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Old Mar 18, 2014 | 10:04 pm
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emvchip
 
Join Date: Feb 2013
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Originally Posted by tmiw

Two-factor authentication? It should be even easier to do now considering the prevalence of smartphones. For example, to log into Gmail from an unknown PC I grab a code from an app on my phone that changes every few minutes and enter it into a phone.

Good luck when you lose your phone far from a known PC and wish to disable your private Google account on the phone or access your account to attempt retrieving the phone...

Seriously though, a lot of people making payments don't always drag a phone along with them.
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