You're absolutely right! It doesn't make sense to show the user the 2fa code! removes 2fa completely
this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2025
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Oh, I get it! You still want 2fa, you just don't want the code to be shown! colors the text white
No, no, make it ultra secure and display none it, every website will be a database of important information, you just have to put everything into a hidden table!!
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*Includes it in the URL
Oh you want the code not rendered into html!
Drops the code in javascript when it is received from the backend.
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It took me way too long to figure out what was wrong with this screenshot
Yeah, same here. I was counting the boxes thinking they'd got the wrong amount of numbers.
I counted the boxes 3 times. :(
I need help. I don’t get it…
The "secret" code sent to your phone is spelled out in the text
No point sending the code to your phone when it's displayed right there. The idea of doing this is making sure nobody has stolen your password, because they still need access to your phone before they can access your account.
no factor authentication
SMS/email-based 2FA should die.
Luckily, you don't even need to check SMS or input a valid number with the “verification” in the screenshot!
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It’s better than nothing and some people would really struggle to do other types of 2FA.
I'll be homest with you, some people really struggle with email 2fa. The amount of working Americans I have spoken with who don't understand how to have two tabs open at once is genuinely frightening.
As a reset method it's worse than having nothing
It's wild how standard SMS is given how (relatively) trivial it is to exploit.
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What's the best alternative?
App based 2FA is better. Either the app generates a time based code that you enter into the site or the site sends a push notification to the app asking you to verify the login attempt.
Passkeys are good too as they replace the password completely and leave the 2FA part to the device.
Passkey or notification please. So sick of entering these codes on a daily basis.
If it's alright with your threat model, you can put the time-based OTPs into your password manager of choice, like Bitwarden. Upon filling your username and password, it places your OTP in your clipboard, so that you can simply paste it in. This does of course reduce the security of the system slightly, since you centralize your passwords and your OTPs. When opting for this method, it is therefore imperative to protect your password manager even more, like via setting up 2FA for the password manager itself or making sure your account gets locked after something like 10 minutes of inactivity. The usability aspect is improved by using a yubikey or another similar physical key technology.
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That's up there with: "You cannot use this password, it's already in use by ... "
But that's so practical. Maybe I can contact them and ask them if we can swap. Haha
They were called scriptkiddies back in the day
Has the general discourse settled on a proper epithet for this new version?
"vibe coders" doesn't feel derogatory enough.
"vibe coding" was supposed to be derogatory?
Yes. The original post that coined the term was using "vibe coding" to indicate how problematic it is to build software by generating code based on vague prompts.
But a lot of people didn't read the entire post and just thought the term sounded cool and used it as if it was positive thing.
Now we're seeing the negative impacts of vibe coding, just as the original post predicted. So it started as derogatory, somehow became something positive, but it's going back to being derogatory again.
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Agreed, they're getting off light. I've worked with people who felt the code, but werent always able to communicate their ideas. I'd say theyd fit the idea of vibe coding without ai.
The concept is taken, and doesn't describe the intent well. How about "pseudocoders".
At least they had real intelligence, doing stuff like this is basically so stupid you'd be clinically braindead
IIRC the screenshot in the tweet is from a shitpost in reddits r/badUIbattles
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This could be vibe coding, or just an intern "doing the web site".
Neither should have write access to production code.
i mean either one of those fucked up but it's also on the qa/testing team and the deployment team that they let it GET to production.
You mean the QA teams a lot of companies laid off because management decided the developers (and now AI) can just write all the automated tests?
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i'm ashamed to say that took me a while to figure out what was wrong mostly because i didn't think someone would be that dumb.
Assuming this is real, how the fuck do you fuck up so badly?
What!? It's more user friendly this way. No need to make the user switch to a totally different device when you can tell them right here!
/s
(I hate pointing out sarcasm, but it's better not to risk it these days.)
(you don't need to apologise for using tone tags, they're a useful accessibility tool and hurt nobody)
When I first added 2fa to page, I had a bug and made it do that to compare the values.
production or test, it's likely debug code.
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This could also be a funny translation issue.
My bank sends a text message to me with the first code and a second code I enter.
They tell me the first code in a similar way so I can verify they sent it to me, then I enter the other code in the text.
Sike! That's the wrong number! /s
It's spelled "psych", as in you're psyching them out.
It's ok I'm oot of academia.
Nitpicking words like this makes me psich
Just delay accepting the numbers for 10 seconds to simulate the time needed to check SMS and type them.
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