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If I'm understanding you correctly you're confused why only the hardware column is checked--is that right? That's, unfortunately, a common complaint. The columns _should_ correspond to only the second factor, with an assumption that username/password (a "knowledge" factor) is likely the first factor.

Some backstory on that decision: the site originally had columns for each 2fa company/product you could use; e.g., Google Authenticator, Authy, etc. Listing all the options was not scalable as the number of options grew, so twofactorauth.org went with a more abstract classification based on the second factor interaction. A few examples where that matters: * If you refuse to use an easily misplaced fob then you might avoid sites that only offer hardware 2fa. * Not everyone can receive SMS, but maybe they can download an app (software) or reuse their hardware token. * Some people prefer a voice call, so they might choose a bank that allows for 2fa-over-voice.

Hope this helps.


Please inform the team via GitHub issue: https://github.com/2factorauth/twofactorauth/issues


The raw data is available without a JS requirement, if you're into that sort of thing: https://twofactorauth.org/data.json


Hmmm, what are you seeing that's not clickable? I don't use vimium and I can click on the site name, docs links, and tell-them-to-two-factor-via-twitter.

Whoop. Looks like the tiling system is relying on JavaScript instead of <a> tags for links:

``` <div id="communication" class="category column" style="display: block;"> <h5 class="ui icon header"> <i class="circular chat icon"></i> <small>Communication</small> </h5> </div> ```

The contributors are pretty responsive, so I'd recommend noting the issue: https://github.com/2factorauth/twofactorauth/issues


Does something like https://twofactorauth.org/data.json satisfy? It's not the most usable interface, but it should have all the data.


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