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How helpful.
On the face of it, it's probably what could be referred to as a 'cosmetic' downgrade of sorts. The authenticator effectively acted as an override for bank PINs, which meant that if you disabled your authenticator at any time, your account would simply revert back to the PIN. So, the PIN was sorta kinda still there in the background. This meant that the authenticator was a useful tool for convenience and for protecting streamers, but other than that, you could argue that it didn't really provide any additional security. Maybe another small layer, but eh.. I like my PINs.
If anything, you could argue that without the PIN remaining in the background, sole reliance on the code would be a security issue itself if your authenticator was removed by a hijacker, not to mention what would happen if a hijacker actually had access to your mobile device. For me, a PIN has always been a last line of defence.
As far as I am aware, there were some issues in the beta relating to this. They might add it back in the future, but I think a good tradeoff at the moment is the enhanced security a Jagex account provides.
On the face of it, it's probably what could be referred to as a 'cosmetic' downgrade of sorts. The authenticator effectively acted as an override for bank PINs, which meant that if you disabled your authenticator at any time, your account would simply revert back to the PIN. So, the PIN was sorta kinda still there in the background. This meant that the authenticator was a useful tool for convenience and for protecting streamers, but other than that, you could argue that it didn't really provide any additional security. Maybe another small layer, but eh.. I like my PINs.
If anything, you could argue that without the PIN remaining in the background, sole reliance on the code would be a security issue itself if your authenticator was removed by a hijacker, not to mention what would happen if a hijacker actually had access to your mobile device. For me, a PIN has always been a last line of defence.
As far as I am aware, there were some issues in the beta relating to this. They might add it back in the future, but I think a good tradeoff at the moment is the enhanced security a Jagex account provides.
21-Mar-2023 11:12:28 - Last edited on 21-Mar-2023 11:14:02 by Trewavas
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