Two-Factor Fatigue

Noun · Hacker Culture

Definitions

  1. The exhaustion or desensitization caused by frequent two-factor authentication prompts, which can make users careless or more susceptible to prompt-bombing attacks. The phrase connects security design with real human limits.

    In plain English: Getting so worn down by repeated login verification prompts that you stop treating them carefully.

    Example: "The repeated login prompts created two-factor fatigue and people started approving requests without thinking."

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