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   Morgan Aldridge (morgant@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 06:32:33 JST Morgan Aldridge

   • Solène :flan_hacker:
   • Phil Thane ✅
   • Matthew Fennell

   @pthane @solene @matthew I've only occasionally run into issues with my business email address not being accepted in online accounts/stores. So far, it's always been because my domain doesn't use a historical core gTLD (`.tech`, in my case). Similarly, I have enough email accounts that I can use one that I prefer less, if necessary, but annoying to troubleshoot.

   • Solène :flan_hacker: repeated this.
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     Morgan Aldridge (morgant@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 06:32:33 JST Morgan Aldridge

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     • Solène :flan_hacker:
     • Phil Thane ✅
     • Matthew Fennell

     @pthane @solene @matthew On a similar note, though far more difficult to work around these days, try not having a cell phone! While I now live in an area with reliable cell service, I live in a mountainous, rural, state in the US where cell service is far from guaranteed, so I got rid of mine nearly a decade ago. Now that 2FA is finally becoming common, but most US services are lazy and only support verification via SMS, there are some services I just can't use. At least tech services have OTP.

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     Solène :flan_hacker: (solene@bsd.network)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 06:43:13 JST Solène :flan_hacker:

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     • Phil Thane ✅
     • Daniel Gibson
     • Matthew Fennell

     @Doomed_Daniel @morgant @pthane @matthew the best is to have choice for 2nd factor

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     Daniel Gibson (doomed_daniel@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 06:43:15 JST Daniel Gibson

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     • Solène :flan_hacker:
     • Phil Thane ✅
     • Matthew Fennell

     @morgant @pthane @solene @matthew
     OTOH, SMS can at least be received with dumb phones, there are probably also solutions that only work via smartphone app.
     Or services that require an app, like when public transportation suddenly stops using tickets on paper (sold by busdrivers or ticket machines) but want you to use an app instead