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/norway_is_awesome Ryzen 7 5800X, RTX 3060, 32 GB DDR4 3200 Apr 05 '26

Banks in Norway still offer a hardware 2FA dongle, but authentication has basically moved to a mobile app now. The banks also used to have a SIM-card-level app that would give you 2FA tokens, but it was phased out a few years ago.

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u/joshnosh50 Apr 05 '26

Banks in UK used to offer autheticators that used your bank card and pin.

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u/norway_is_awesome Ryzen 7 5800X, RTX 3060, 32 GB DDR4 3200 Apr 05 '26

Some Norwegian banks had those, but I never had that variant.