My brother kept telling me to turn on two-factor for my bank account

For a whole year I brushed it off, saying my password was strong enough and it was just a pain. He works in IT and would bring it up every family dinner, like clockwork. Then three months ago I got a text at 2 AM from my bank asking if I tried to send $500 to an account in Florida. I was asleep, so obviously it wasn't me. I called them and they froze everything. The person had my password somehow, but because I finally listened and turned on the text code thing, they couldn't get past that step. It took a full day to sort out new cards and change all my other logins. Has anyone else had a close call that made a security tip finally click for them?

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spencerw722mo ago

We ignore the obvious until it bites us.

troyt132mo ago

Sometimes the obvious is just a distraction. We might be better off focusing on the less clear stuff that actually needs solving.