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Monopolistic Practices [LXXIII]

Or… They are going to say that it gives the user better options

synapticloop
2 min readAug 31, 2022

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Monopoly Money

I use single sign-on for Medium through Gmail.

I also use Multi-Factor Authentication for an additional layer of security.

I have used:

  • DUO Mobile
  • MobilePass++
  • FortiToken
  • Microsoft Authenticator
  • myGovID

I have settled on my favourite one and that is now my go-to — apart from where I am required to use one for a client, I stick with one of them.

So when I see this whenever I log in to a new browser window, I get a little bit disappointed.

The first screen of the multi-factor authentication flow with Google

I don’t want yet another MFA method — I have muscle and brain memory for the one that I use.

And it is only because Google owns YouTube that they can force people down this route.

They shouldn’t be allowed to do this — they will squeeze out the use of the other MFA providers.

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