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dm2
on Nov 20, 2013
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Weak passwords brute forced
Along with 2-factor auth, what about the option to block all IPs from outside of a certain country (if you live/work in the US, only allow US logins).
This obviously won't work for everyone, but might prevent a decent amount of brute force successes.
rythie
on Nov 20, 2013
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Facebook detects this when you move countries and makes you do a quiz about your friends pictures - though it can be pretty annoying [though I haven't seen it recently so maybe they've stopped].
krlkr
on Nov 20, 2013
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I just dealt with this today with my own account using a proxy, quite a clever security approach IMHO
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This obviously won't work for everyone, but might prevent a decent amount of brute force successes.