Desktop-2FA: offline desktop application for generating, managing TOTP 2FA codes(github.com)
3 pointsby thunderbong6 hours ago1 comment
  • jqpabc1236 hours ago
    vault.backup.bin

    Why make it so easy to identify?

    I wrote a similar utility but I append the data to a particular .jpg file in my extensive photo collection. The photo displays as normal and the date/time remains unchanged following a save.

    • DetectDefect6 hours ago
      Because security through obscurity is a 19th century maxim which is objectively ineffective at guarding secrets?
      • jqpabc1236 hours ago
        The security can remain exactly the same --- only the location is being obscured.

        Why make it easier to find when there is no need to do so?

        Ever hear of "steganography"?

        • DetectDefect6 hours ago
          Because that is not how adversarial activity has ever worked, or ever will work, but unfortunately it is how most people - who are irrational, unprepared and lacking a threat model - think it works.
          • jqpabc1234 hours ago
            So your rational and prepared threat model requires making the target easily identifiable?