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28 May, 6 tweets, 2 min read

🎁 I think the best gift you can give your friends right now is a 2FA hardware key: it will protect them from getting their accounts hacked and their crypto stolen via SIM swapping

My fav is yubikey.com

This one in particular:
- works with USB-C on MacBook Pro
- works with wireless NFC with iPhone
yubico.com/th/product/yub…

Make sure you get a couple so you have some backups in case you lose it

@Coinbase

2FA hardware keys are NOT difficult to set up, here's how:
- insert into USB port or use NFC wireless
- go to a website that supports it like @Coinbase and go to settings
- click [ add hardware key ], tap the Yubikey
- done

Why are 2FA hardware keys more secure than SMS or 2FA authenticator apps?
- SMS can be simswapped (happens ALL THE TIME)
- 2FA auth apps are great but might still be hacked
- hardware key means people need to physically find you and your hardware key to login to anything

The odds of someone physically finding you and getting your hardware key are much lower than a random internet person hacking your 2FA auth app, or SMS simswapping you

My best friends now:
- lost Instagram account due to SIM swapping
- lost their verified Twitter account due to Chrome malware
- got their iCloud hacked and blackmailed for it
- got their crypto hacked and lost tens of thousands $$$

It's not a theoretical risk anymore

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@IndieHackers

Live revenue and other data @ remoteok.io/open

@IndieHackers verified revenue but it won't show this month's revenue until this month ends, while it's measured from Aug 21 - Sep 21 above
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