John McAfee · archived post

@bsgreenb @jack SIM swap is the simplest of all social engineering hacks. Take over your phone number, change your password ... they are in. Never submit your phone number for 2FA. period.

THE TWITTER HACK I may be crazy, but I'm still the founder of the World's largest computer security firm, and I'm telling you: 2 factor authentication is Twitter's worst security threat. It exposes users to the trivial SIM Swap hack, which @Jack was a victim of. Wake up Jack! https://t.co/c16RWi52ku

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@finch_rfoll @jack Peaple actually BELIEVE 2 factor authentication is more secure. What the https://t.co/SpijABdNuw wrong with this world?

@su_xcode @jack Use Google.

@AlexKosa1 @jack Just us a password. A hundred times more secure than using two factor authentication.

@full8chan @jack Two factor authentication is the worst security solution ever suggested.

@matthewbabula @jack Refuse to give your phone number. Period.

@idiot_salad @jack It's the most stupid idea ever conceived.

@imnotshreyas @jack Just a simple password.

@LongBeachOGKush @jack Din't guve your phone number to Twitter.

@DarkNodeGuru @jack Just a password . 2 factor is no security at all.

@shawn_elbaz @jack Yes, but Twitter still supports 2 factir authentication. It is a huge security hole.

@TreyWozzz @jack Two factor is truvial to hack. Just a well thought out password is a million times safer.

@IzzyGayeDrag @jack Yes!!!!

@214vivek @jack Just never, ever give a company your phone number if it can be used to authenticate you. Any idiot can socially engineer your phone company and take your number.

@erock23175 @jack Companies like Twitter have little understanding of the nuances of security. They listen to marketers and the media; they copy other companies who know no more than themselves, and they hire their security experts, not from the ranks of those on the front lines, but from academia

Just never give any company your phone number if that number is going to be used to authenticate you. A 12 year old could socially engineer your phone company and take your number from you. It is the simplest of all social engineering hacks. Are you listening @Jack?

@ConcreteJungel @jack Because he used his phone number in Twitter's 2FA. Only someone who does not understand computer security would do simething so naive.

@WGTM19 @jack Yes

@xstvstr @jack Just a goid password. Nothing is safer

@AnthonyBena @jack I somehow doubt it.

@mac_nest @jack Just use a good password and keep it private.

@BTC_Bullish @jack J6st a goid password is a million times better.

@JoelNog49985732 @jack No!!! It's the same!!!!!!!

@GamingTooLong @jack I know I am

@FFairing @jack Just a good password. Nothing is more secure.

@carliche1on1 @jack Anything other than your phone number. A goid passeord and nothing else is excellent security.

@jajajavi75 @jack N8. J6st choise a good password and kerp it private.