2FA won’t help if you leave a session running on a public device
this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2026
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Two factor would not help here. One needs to remember to log out of public devices before leaving them.
best to always use incognito browser on public devices. when you close the browser, it logs you off automatically.
Or just not be a moron and put your credentials into a random device in some store
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The amount of people that leave things like youtube logged in on hotel room tv's is also moderately staggering.
Tv and app creators I feel like are also a bit responsible for this by not making it easy to do timed logouts when you log into a device for the first time. Unless you have a mental or physical checklist going its not a high priority
Probably because most the TVs are designed to auto logout after check out. So when you run into one that isn't it's weird.
Interesting. I've actually never heard of them automatically logging out. That's partly why I am hesitant to log in in the first place.
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Kid looks like a Mad magazine cover.
Ok, you've hacked me.
I hope you're ready for what you're about to see.
2fa wouldn't change anything and sms is an insecure system to begin with.
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"Hahaha hacked!!! ... now let me dox myself."
Maybe that's the name he uses so people think he is called timothy! And it wasn't a sprint store! Classic misdirects
Timmy was later arrested and charged with violations of the CFAA, SCA, and ECPA. He faces 20 to life.
Do you know what 2fa is?
It's like when people think VPNs will magically prevent their credentials from leaking while they're giving them to some sketchy website
But the YouTuber that sold me my VPN said it kept my online data safe (whatever that means)
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Back when I was in college, I was young and dumb enough that I'd login to AIM on the college computers. (Nowadays I won't login to personal accounts on anything I don't fully control. I'm always surprised by coworkers who check their bank accounts, social media, personal email, etc. on their work laptops.)
Anyway, even at the time I was pretty good at logging out when I left each computer, but once I forgot. The next time I logged in, I was surprised to discover that my entire buddy list had been cleared. I never understood the motivation behind doing so. I don't think it was particularly funny but, even if it were, it's not like the perpetrator got to see my reaction or even to point and laugh.
I did learn a lesson from it, but presuming that that was the mission of whomever did it feels ... Generous.
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A few days ago I though 2FA didn't worked for lemmy but I just didn't have timezone or something and that's why I couldn't login.
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A non-tech store had some iPhones and iPads on display. No internet. But it COULD connect to my phone hotspot. Wish I did something more than just download a rainbow six siege pic and set it as the wallpaper, but they took down that demo for I think close to a month.
Logged into what?
What's a Sprint store?
If it's a shop that sells electronics like Currys or Mediamarkt then why would this person log into anything on display?
Phone carrier.
They have display phones and tablets.
And some people use those display units for social media for some reason.
Back in the 2010s I had a friend work in stores as a "device expert", he handled daily resets of the display units (this was pre-MDM easy management days). The number of people who just logged on to Twitter, Facebook Messenger, even WhatsApp or GRINDR of all things (yes, dude left his grindr account logged in, full of explicit images, which downloaded to the device's gallery, while the phones were most often used by KIDS in the store...), it was simply astonishing.
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