Turned off 2FA for a month to test the paranoia, here's what happened

I run a small online shop in Austin and decided to disable two-factor auth on my personal email for 30 days just to see if it was really worth the hassle. Nothing happened, no breach, no weird logins, but I spent every single day checking my login history like a nervous wreck. The thing is, 2FA is less about actual risk and more about peace of mind, it's insurance for your brain. Anyone else ever run a risky experiment like this and end up more stressed than before? What's your threshold for convenience vs security?

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abby_palmer1d ago

Wait, you checked your login history EVERY single day for a month? That would drive me crazy too. I get why you did it but that sounds like torture, just waiting for something bad to show up. The part about it being insurance for your brain is so true though. You can't put a price on not feeling sick to your stomach every time you open your email. I tried something kind of like this with my phone passcode, went a week without one, and by day three I was checking my pockets like ten times an hour. Never doing that again.

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