2011-02-04, 12:55 AM
You have to look at this from a realistic point of view...
Hackers will find a way to get access to anything. Trying to stop them isn't 100% guaranteed and eventually they will get past things with time. What if next time they break the cyphers used by the Authenticators and find a way to spoof them? Then what? Literally, an authenticator would end up being nothing more than key chain with a random number generator as the hacker could already find a way to get the code, use it, and poof... you've been hacked and you didn't do anything to contribute to it.
Phones aren't immune to malware either... http://www.toptechreviews.net/tech-news/...id-phones/
Hackers will find a way to get access to anything. Trying to stop them isn't 100% guaranteed and eventually they will get past things with time. What if next time they break the cyphers used by the Authenticators and find a way to spoof them? Then what? Literally, an authenticator would end up being nothing more than key chain with a random number generator as the hacker could already find a way to get the code, use it, and poof... you've been hacked and you didn't do anything to contribute to it.
Phones aren't immune to malware either... http://www.toptechreviews.net/tech-news/...id-phones/