Take down 2-Factor Authentication

It's honestly such a hassle and their are so many better ways to secure this system

From the CT article about this: “However, two-factor authentication substantially reduces the likelihood of unauthorized access to sensitive information and important systems, thus reducing the time and money spent on remediation after a data breach as well as reputational loss.” That sentence had two modifiers denoting the real possibility that this system WILL NOT hinder such attacks. My questions -- How many attacks would this have specifically prevented in the past [1,2,100]? How many attacks will this prevent - was a cost/benefit analysis undertaken? My cell service is good, but sometimes text messages get caught up in the 'yonder' and I don't get them for a day or more. And I have no landline. What 'sensitive' information do most students have that must be protected - a term paper? And most teachers? I can understand those doing research for DoD or a private entity. But I don't see a compelling argument for why 80% of those on the system must be required to use this system. Our info is not that sensitive. There needs to a 'means testing' to determine which accounts -- and only those accounts -- must have this security system. But that would entail work by the admin staff. A blanket mandate is so much easier.

If we must have more security, a better system that has worked for me in the past is giving the user the option to authorize only certain devices to be able to access his/her account. You'd have to enter your password and answer security questions (made by user) to add a new device (temporarily or permanently).

I hate this thing

Love security...but this is too much. This could easily jeopardize my academics if I need to log on quickly...

I would like to still be able to take a quiz if my phone gets stolen... Or not have to keep my phone next to me all of the time in order to login. Seriously regret enrolling.

Its my intention to never activate it

I really find the disadvantages outweight of the advantages is too much.

Not necessary

Remembering to get my phone, remembering which pass-codes I've already used, and which I haven't - all of this contributes to me trying to sign into Scholar less and less and miss a homework assignment or an important announcement just because getting into the system became so complicated.

..... take it away

GET YOUR 2 FACTOR AUTHENTICATION NONSENSE OUT OF MY LIFE.

I frequently misplace my phone for a day or forget to charge it, but my schoolwork shouldn't suffer for that.

The phone part is annoying, but the fact it seems to crash half the time makes it almost unusable.

Y tho

There are always trade-offs between utility and security - however, when students' ability to access critical course information is in question, utility should be the first concern. Tying that ability to a device notorious for being lost or damaged shows a great lack of thought on the subject..

What if we lose our phones? If our phone is dead? If we don't have service? Awful system that is incredibly flawed

This system doesn't work if your phone dies. Over the weekend my phone that I had for years got a glitch where it couldnt read the sim card. Thanks to this system I was forced to upgrade to a new phone on the spot bc I couldnt get on scholar.

I believe that this should become an option and not a compulsion .

All I want to do is check my homework and this makes it such a hassle