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The attacker doesn't need to literally be sitting at a keyboard, that can just be automated.

> I'm curious though why you don't think TOTP or similar are good against credential stuffing though

I have written about this before, but looks like I lost the article somehow. https://web.archive.org/web/20210219185711/https://blog.cmpx...

Imagine you reuse the same password everywhere, and are sick of credential stuffing attacks. You ask your friend for advice, and your friend tells you to just enable TOTP when available, explaining that when there is a data breach you will be safe.

That is obviously bad advice, the vast majority of services do not use TOTP and you will have to race attackers to change your credentials quickly at dozens (hundreds?) of services. I think a reasonable person would say that you have not "prevented" credential stuffing.

A far better solution is unique passwords, it works today with all service providers.



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