[FRIAM] MultiFactorAuthentication--YIKES!

uǝlƃ ↙↙↙ gepropella at gmail.com
Tue Apr 6 13:35:57 EDT 2021


Maybe this will help?

https://www.howtogeek.com/129014/how-to-use-google-authenticator-and-other-two-factor-authentication-apps-without-a-smartphone/

On 4/6/21 10:27 AM, Steve Smith wrote:
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>> Hi, All, I apologize for this blast.  Clark University (through which I get a lot of my mail) is moving to MFA and seems to insist that I have a smart phone to activate it.  Please use the google address if you want to email me.  Don’t forget the “2”.
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> Nick -
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> Are you sure it requires a Smart phone?  Most of the 2 factor systems I have to deal with only need to send me a code via SMS (txt).   Does this mean you don't even have a mobile that receives txt messages?  Maybe Clark's instructions are not as crisp on that point as they could be?   Or do they actually use an *App* to facilitate the MFA?


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