Multi-factor authentication is ripe for disruption. SMS 2FA is inherently defective. Phone authenticators get stolen. Security tokens get lost.
But just try misplacing a Commodore SX-64. And any thief who tries to grab it and run gets a free hernia truss from the prison infirmary.
I want to see someone carry an SX-64 into a coffee shop to authenticate something. Please.
Wtf? The dude ends the article at “oh the powesupply doesn’t work, guess it is a spare.”? Recap that thing!
There’s obviously been a mix up with the link. Here’s the link to the actual 2FA thingy: http://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2022/11/meet-your-new-two-factor-authenticator.html
All but very early C64 PSU’s are usually encased in epoxy and cannot be recapped. They also suffer from a design defect that will kill your precious VICII and SID chips when (not if) it fails. Best to just design or buy a modern PSU for it.
Interesting. I wonder how far back you can implement TOTP, which I guess is how far back you can implement SHA hashing and get accurate time. I feel certain that APPLE II could have done it as well. And obviously anything that can run UNIX should have been able to do it, so like a DEC PDP 11 as would an IBM 360.