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		sam_tunder on April 16, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Two-factor authentication for Apple ID yeah but what I am asking is why not more sites use either of two-step verification or two-factor authentication. as I can not see any reason not to implement a system for it because it would probably only help the company to get more customer.

stephenr on April 16, 2016 [–]

There is technical effort involved, which means time, which means money.

There are a lot of sites that don't even use TLS, which is a lot simpler & cheaper to implement than a secure 2FA solution.

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