Topic: WHAT is going on at blockchain.info??? (Read 1197 times)
I have no idea if 2fa is working properly on blockchain.info, however I would not use it if I were you. I argue that 2fa for blockchain gives users a false sense of security as most blockchain.info thefts are the result of mitm attacks and an attacker only needs to access your wallet one time to be able to both steal your money and to download a backup of your wallet which does not need 2fa to access
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Update, my experience only.
1) I was able to disable (via a form of theirs (blockchain.info), they did it in an hour) the Google Authenticator 2FA. At their wallet home page I went to "Settings", they have a cool way of offering a second password that is required if sending BTC out -- it is cool because you do not type in the p/w, you click it letter-by-letter on a virtual keyboard that they show on-screen. So, I do have 2FA of a sort, if someone tries to take the BTC, it is harder. Fair enough.
2) I have another wallet using SMS texts as a 2FA process. This just worked OK, but I limited in the number of SMS texts I can get/use (maybe my cell plan, I don't know). I could probably use THIS wallet as a "Savings Account", to be accessed relatively rarely (say, less than once per day or once per week).
Bottom line is that I have reasonably functional 2FA using both techniques mentioned above. I wanted to experiment with 2FA because of the horror stories and as a pre-emptive defense againt keyboard logger programs (etc.).
I appreciate the replies! Thanks!
Update, my experience only.
1) I was able to disable (via a form of theirs (blockchain.info), they did it in an hour) the Google Authenticator 2FA. At their wallet home page I went to "Settings", they have a cool way of offering a second password that is required if sending BTC out -- it is cool because you do not type in the p/w, you click it letter-by-letter on a virtual keyboard that they show on-screen. So, I do have 2FA of a sort, if someone tries to take the BTC, it is harder. Fair enough.
2) I have another wallet using SMS texts as a 2FA process. This just worked OK, but I limited in the number of SMS texts I can get/use (maybe my cell plan, I don't know). I could probably use THIS wallet as a "Savings Account", to be accessed relatively rarely (say, less than once per day or once per week).
Bottom line is that I have reasonably functional 2FA using both techniques mentioned above. I wanted to experiment with 2FA because of the horror stories and as a pre-emptive defense againt keyboard logger programs (etc.).
I appreciate the replies! Thanks!
works fine on my end
Blockchain.info had a security issue last night during a patch. Fixed now but it could have led to some tighter security conditions in the aftermath, especially while they investigate what happened and who it affected. From the blog post, Blockchain.info has e-mailed everyone directly affected, but I believe investigation may be ongoing yet.
http://blog.blockchain.com/2014/12/08/blockchain-info-security-disclosure/
http://blog.blockchain.com/2014/12/08/blockchain-info-security-disclosure/
I haven't had any problems using 2FA with blockchain, perhaps something went wrong on your side?
Did blockchain give you a brief explanation of what the problem was?
Did blockchain give you a brief explanation of what the problem was?
Is there anything that hasn't imploded or had a major security issue that Andreas was involved in?
BC.i, Neo & Bee....
BC.i, Neo & Bee....
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Thank you, repliers.
blockchain.info just released my wallet from 2FA, and I can access it now.
But, I think that I will wait a bit before I hook Google Authenticator up to it again.......
Thank you, repliers.
blockchain.info just released my wallet from 2FA, and I can access it now.
But, I think that I will wait a bit before I hook Google Authenticator up to it again.......
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(please feel free to move this if in the wrong thread)
Yesterday I opened a (new) blockchain.info wallet and set it up with Google Authenticator so I could better secure BTC with 2FA.
It worked "OK" yesterday. Now it is not working at all.
Is there a big & noticeable problem there at blockchain.info re 2FA wallets?
My normal (non-2FA) wallet works OK.
Thanks!
(please feel free to move this if in the wrong thread)
Yesterday I opened a (new) blockchain.info wallet and set it up with Google Authenticator so I could better secure BTC with 2FA.
It worked "OK" yesterday. Now it is not working at all.
Is there a big & noticeable problem there at blockchain.info re 2FA wallets?
My normal (non-2FA) wallet works OK.
Thanks!
AFAIK, they are having some security patches. U might face problem till December 14 or at most December 24. For details, check https://twitter.com/blockchain
No problem here.
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(please feel free to move this if in the wrong thread)
Yesterday I opened a (new) blockchain.info wallet and set it up with Google Authenticator so I could better secure BTC with 2FA.
It worked "OK" yesterday. Now it is not working at all.
Is there a big & noticeable problem there at blockchain.info re 2FA wallets?
My normal (non-2FA) wallet works OK.
Thanks!
(please feel free to move this if in the wrong thread)
Yesterday I opened a (new) blockchain.info wallet and set it up with Google Authenticator so I could better secure BTC with 2FA.
It worked "OK" yesterday. Now it is not working at all.
Is there a big & noticeable problem there at blockchain.info re 2FA wallets?
My normal (non-2FA) wallet works OK.
Thanks!
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