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Duo Authencation

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The Duo app as shown on my phone

Duo authentication has been an extra function to log into anything that involves an Ohio Northern University account. At first, for many months, professors were the only Ohio Northern accounts required to use Duo. Now, the task has been added for students to sign in. There have been several reasons I have heard for why Duo had to implemented for students and staff, but I feel mentioning some could be too harmful to Ohio Northern University’s reputation.

Ohio Northern students and staff could discuss the inconveniences of Duo all day. Here are my personal concerns on Duo authentication.

-          Security

Yes, I know the whole point of Duo is for security. However, Ohio Northern University emails are often sent spam messages. Student emails have even gotten hacked without the student clicking on anything sketchy. I was surprised it took this long for the school to finally help the students’ cyber security. Since using Duo, I have gotten several spam texts messages and I cannot help but wonder if Duo is responsible in some aspect.

-          Distracting

Many professors have a strict policy against phones. Now students have no choice to break their rules. I can imagine some students taking advantage of Duo to spend time on their phones for other activities. Duo slows classes for both professors and students.

-          Inconvenience

Combining the two concerns mentioned above, Duo is an overall inconvenient system. If Ohio Northern University’s cyber security is so poor, why should students and staff take the burden for keeping their Ohio Northern accounts safe? I feel that there could be some form of assistance that those who manage Ohio Northern University’s cyber security could work with on their own.  

 

“If to be truthful is to be cruel then lying must surely be an act of kindness.”

-Oregairu

 


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  1. Mike GallagherSeptember 28, 2022 at 6:41 PM

    Thank you for speaking the truth! I agree on a lot of this. Security is important, but if it is at a major inconvenience to everyone involved is it really the best solution? We should feel safe online here at ONU. But why do we now have to do it through a distracting app. I'm sure some higher-up staff have a justification for this all. Still, is reputation worth the trouble it causes the ONU community.

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  2. Sydney CaseyOctober 5, 2022 at 7:27 AM

    I agree whole heartedly with this! I feel it is a good idea in theory but very inconvenient in the execution. I have already been told to put my phone away in class while I was trying to log in. This is an issue that needs some modifications!

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