From: V@nguard.LH
Chris Green wrote:
> Andy Burns wrote:
>>
>> VanguardLH wrote:
>>
>>> I try to get logged in, get interrupted with the 2FA crap, have to
>>> keep the text while I enter it to make sure I not only enter the
>>> code but verify what I entered is what is in the text, complete the
>>> login, and then proceed to use the website where I logged in.
>>
>> It's one of those times where I'm half tempted to install the Win11
>> Phone Link app, I think it can copy messages from the phone across to
>> the PC, so they can be paste, rather than re-typed? But then I remember
>> it needs an MSA and I decide against it ...
>>
> I simply have a cellphone/mobile number which is actually a VOIP
> number and all SMS messages sent to it are forwarded to my E-Mail.
My Google Voice (GV) phone number is registered in my accounts. That's
to where the 2FA crap gets sent. I configured GV to forward copies of
texts to my e-mail account. I get 2 messages: 1 as text, and 1 as
e-mail. That way, I can see the text on the phone WHEN it is with me,
or I can read the e-mail on my desktop PC. However, texts show up much
faster on my phone than waiting for e-mail to arrive into my account,
and an e-mail client to poll the account to notify me of the new e-mail,
and opening the e-mail. E-mails are sorted in LIFO (newest to oldest)
order. Very easy to switch sort order in an e-mail client. Not an
option in the Messages app.
> It's then very simple to cut and paste the number to the 2FA field,
> usually on my laptop where I do virtually all of my on-line and
> browser based transactions.
Copy sometimes will include a trailing space character, because the
server added it. Then I paste the copied string into the web form
waiting for the code, and it bitches it is the wrong code. I have to
paste, and check for a trailing space to delete it. Some web forms
automatically strip trailing whitespace. Some don't.
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