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Verification Codes.

One-Time my ass, more like, repeated times. I'm so tired of verification codes up the ass these days. Just today, I had to reset my PayPal password. So that meant there was a code sent to an e-mail address after the reset process was set, to begin with. Then I had to go through the obstacle of verifying the information of the account. And then even after the password was reset, I'm sent ANOTHER freaking code right after!

And it's even more frustrating to deal with, with my bank. I've gotten random verification checks for making internal transfers within my account. Things I've done without any issue. But just one day, I got THREE verification checks to do what I needed to do!

This verification shit has gotten out of hand! I want it to just die, just like captcha. Whatever purpose they originally were intended to do, is lost in translation, because now they're just obstacles that wastes our time every minute we have to bother with them.

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[–] Okokimup@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

People answering their own question in the post rather than making a separate comment.

[–] Necrifyre@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago

Get over it. It's a lot more convenient.

[–] WongKaKui@piefed.ca 18 points 3 days ago

disease, including those affecting brain

Being haunted by depression is no joke

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I can no longer get at my PayPal account. It keeps sending the verification code to the wrong number and I can't check and fix the number because I need a verification code to log in. Round and round we gooooo.

Anyway. Fuck cancer.

[–] halfwaythere@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Advertisement Agencys every one of them and to be quite real the people can go with them.

[–] autriyo@feddit.org 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Log in masks that don't have {user} and {password} visible at the same time/navigable by pressing tab.

So many pages have started to implement {user} pressing next/enter and then password, its fucking with my password manager. And the delays when you can start typing again are different all the time...

I'm so irritated with the ones where the password manager and even fill things out because it doesn't recognize the form at all. But the ones that make me really mad are the ones that won't accept autofill. Like it will fill but, the website doesn't recognize that anything was input because you didn't actively type it so you have to go type a character then backspace on both lines so it'll let you submit.

[–] WhatISawInTheForest@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Perfumes and colognes!! Yes, I get it. It's sometimes used to cover certain product smells, but ffs there needs to be a limit. It overstimulates my brain and puts me in anxiety mode. Last time I dined out, my chicken cordon bleu tasted like Axe body spray and Chanel from the next table over. How do people wear so much scent?!

[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

My least favourite is when you're swimming laps and a woman in the next lane is shedding an oil slick of perfume into the water. Gag!

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[–] ExtraJudgement@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Hunger/Thirst, Undertreatment, Undereducation.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What really annoys me about the bank is all the options we should have to safe guard our accounts that we don't have. I should be allowed to not allow deposits or withdrawls or allow them for specific white lists like internal accounts or specific external ones (granted transfers do have a special process where it has to be setup). credit cards should not allow online purchases with the physical card unless you opt in and physical cards should not use the main account number. They should always provide a separate gas card with a different number given the skimmers. They should always allow you to create temp numbers for online and reoccuring bills. there are so many freakin things that financial institutions could be doing to safeguard accounts better.

[–] RodgeGrabTheCat@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Most bank send a one-time code to SMS. And they have to nerve to send me notices about how to protect my account. If they really cared about security they would allow a hardware key or authentication app for the one-time code.

My bank allows me to do only one transaction at the ATM.

Typical for me is to:

  1. Tap my card, enter my PIN, deposit a cheque, get the receipt.
  2. Tap the card, enter my PIN, pay a bill, get a receipt.
  3. Tap the card, enter my PIN, withdraw cash.

And they tell me to protect my PIN while forcing me to enter it three times instead of once.

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[–] susieq0044@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 days ago

Obviously Putin, Xi, Trump, all those rightwing idiots… but if that doesn’t work, could Musk evaporate?

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

him and all the people that support him.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I could do without another two years of President Donald Trump until he's finally out of office. At least this time, he's going to have Democrats in Congress with investigatory powers, but I'd just as soon not have to have him creating his endless stream of disruptions at all.

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[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] SorryImLate@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago

Debt for whom? Your personal debt, or more generally debt within society? If society, for people, companies, governments?

Personally I would love to see all debt incurred by individuals for basic survival or education disappear. There should never have been a need for such debt in the first place, it's a societal failure.

However, when it comes to wealthier individuals taking out loans for luxury items, or corporations and governments going into debt, then no. Properly managed debt is an important financial tool but these debts need to be repaid.

[–] Lexam@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] SorryImLate@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago

My depression.

Sending you a hug 🫂

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago
[–] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago

“One time” refers to how many times you can use a single code.

Conversely, your account password is many times.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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