New ask Hacker News story: Border search safe TOTP authenticator app?
Border search safe TOTP authenticator app?
2 by jakedata | 0 comments on Hacker News.
While crossing international borders, a traveler may be legitimately asked to provide access to their devices. Such a person is often not in a position to refuse. I am searching for a dual-pin TOTP app that looks like it is working whether it is or not. Entering the wrong PIN might cause the app to generate invalid codes while optionally wiping the real config. Actually attempting to use the invalid code could potentially trigger all kinds of actions on the server that received the bogus login request. Sending an SOS email might be one such action. I am not sure such a thing exists in either major app store. Thoughts?
2 by jakedata | 0 comments on Hacker News.
While crossing international borders, a traveler may be legitimately asked to provide access to their devices. Such a person is often not in a position to refuse. I am searching for a dual-pin TOTP app that looks like it is working whether it is or not. Entering the wrong PIN might cause the app to generate invalid codes while optionally wiping the real config. Actually attempting to use the invalid code could potentially trigger all kinds of actions on the server that received the bogus login request. Sending an SOS email might be one such action. I am not sure such a thing exists in either major app store. Thoughts?
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