Has anyone here received bitcointalk phishing emails?

[LTU_btc]

But as always if get an Email with a Link or to confirm something where you have to click just do an research first before click.
Sometimes the Bad Boys who are sending this mails make it looks legit.

Yeah, these phishing emails often looks legit, very difficult to spot difference, especially for less experienced eye. But personally, usually I don't even oopen such email. Here comes common sense and you realize that exchange, bank or something just wouldn't send such kind of messages and they often warn their users about it. There is just few cases when I open links in email messages I get. When after registration/login attempt website ask to click link that was send to email for confirmation.

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[coin-investor]

Was reading 2fa topic, and thought crossed about scammers may now phish for 2fa codes, then realized I have never received password phishing mails in first place.

Have you?

If there are phishing emails they will be reported but right now there are none like that, Theymos already reminded us to keep the email associated with our Bitcointalk account secured so creating an email account exclusively for Bitcointalk is highly recommended, now that we have that 2FA I can use the bypass captcha code, as the hacker will have a hard time brute-forcing my password.

[pakhitheboss]

If you meant hacker getting access to your bitcointalk account, 2fa can only increase your account's security not jeopardize it. Because to get access, user will now require both pass and 2fa code.

Hackers can gain access to your 2FA account if they can hack the email address used to sign in to 2FA. I do not need a third party to give me security when I am already aware of how to make the security of my BTT account strong. Another thing, every time you are using 2FA you are granting access to Google to access your activities.

2fa is not product, it's one of measures websites can use to protect their users. I'm pretty certain there is no privacy concerns on it's implementation or if it belongs to particular country/jurisdiction, cmiiw.

It is a product of Google to monitor and check the websites that are being used by anyone. It might have been created for security purposes so was the captcha but there is always a hidden agenda behind every product that they provide for free.

[libert19]

If you meant hacker getting access to your bitcointalk account, 2fa can only increase your account's security not jeopardize it. Because to get access, user will now require both pass and 2fa code.

Hackers can gain access to your 2FA account if they can hack the email address used to sign in to 2FA.

Correct, but in case your email is breached hackers will get in your account anyway by resetting password. Minute saved for hackers since you didn't enable 2fa, they won't have to reset it.

(I have commented about 2fa recovery using email being a weak link in 2fa thread.)

I do not need a third party to give me security when I am already aware of how to make the security of my BTT account strong. Another thing, every time you are using 2FA you are granting access to Google to access your activities.

Which third party? 2fa apps work offline, where is google to access your activities?

2fa is not product, it's one of measures websites can use to protect their users. I'm pretty certain there is no privacy concerns on it's implementation or if it belongs to particular country/jurisdiction, cmiiw.

It is a product of Google to monitor and check the websites that are being used by anyone. It might have been created for security purposes so was the captcha but there is always a hidden agenda behind every product that they provide for free.

you are getting secret key from bitcointalk, and adding that into 2fa apps to generate codes which work offline. Where is Google in all this?