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60% of MD5 password hashes are crackable in under an hour (www.theregister.com)

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[–] tgxn@lemmy.tgxn.net 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I would not trust it as a single factor, but 2FA should always be something you have+something you know, biometeics is more of a "something you ARE", which is unchangeable.