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acdha on Sept 7, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: iPhone 7

It's probably in vain but I keep hoping that Apple will decide to enter the two-factor auth market with something like the U2F design where the Secure Enclave could sign challenges. It'd be really nice if there was an Apple ID-for-the-web to go along with Apple Pay.

abtinf on Sept 8, 2016 [–]

Adding a simple spoken/typed passphrase or passcode would turn the iphone into a full blown three-factor auth method.

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