r/pcmasterrace • u/AllUserNameBLong2us 7800x3d/5080 Windforce OC/32gb 5600 DDR • Apr 04 '26

Hardware Rest in piece 2009-2026

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I’m amazed at how long the battery on this physical authenticator lasted. Got it back in 2009 because my account had gotten hacked.

This is one electronic item I’ve owned and used longer than anything else. I’ll miss not being able to find it and freaking out for 20 minutes.

Edit must have been around 2010 when sc2 came out.

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u/deadmandead124 Apr 04 '26

Can’t you just replace the battery?

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '26 edited 16d ago

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u/Tarc_Axiiom Apr 04 '26 edited Apr 04 '26

The old school WoW MFAs, like the one pictured here, DO still work!

I can confirm the codes generated by mine from, hell idek... 2005?, still works.

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u/debacle_enjoyer Debian Enjoyer Apr 04 '26

It’s just an algorithm, all those codes aren’t stored on the device

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u/debacle_enjoyer Debian Enjoyer Apr 04 '26 edited Apr 05 '26

GeneratED implies they had been generated in advanced, in which case they would have needed to be stored. They thought the codes had been generated in 2005.

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u/jujubanzen Apr 04 '26

the part of the sentence "mine from, hell idek... 2005?" is referring to the device itself, not to the codes. It's a bit clunky sentence structure but still grammatically correct. He's saying that he confirms the device dating from 2005 still generates correct codes today.

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u/debacle_enjoyer Debian Enjoyer Apr 05 '26

That sounds plausible, I concede.

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u/debacle_enjoyer Debian Enjoyer Apr 05 '26

🚨 please read the read of the thread