Email-based 2FA and proving-humanness are 'dead,' as AI agents easily pass them
aronchick · x · 2026-09-24
The poster declares that email-based 2FA and using email to prove humanness are now "dead" — AI agents can pass these checks so easily that this traditional verification method has effectively lost its purpose as a human/machine differentiator.
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