Duo Push Now Required To Enter Girlfriend

In light of recent data privacy issues, the University of Toronto has announced new security measures that aim to protect students’ personal information, now requiring multi-factor authentication every time a student tries to access ACORN and Quercus. Although this might prevent unauthorized access to course readings, these new requirements are now unexpectedly beginning to impact aspects of personal life. 

In one peculiar case, Art History major Lily Davis’ phone pinged while she was making out with her girlfriend, going straight to her Duo Mobile app. The words “Are you entering your girlfriend?” and “Enter your three-digit code” flashed on the screen.

Perplexed, Davis told the Boundary, “Yeah, that was so weird. Where am I even supposed to find the [profanity] code? We thought it would go away if we ignored it but the screen gradually became brighter, and “Picture You” by Chappell Roan blasted until we stopped. I thought we were getting hate-crimed.”

While the roll-out of this security update has been slow, a few other students have reported similar ‘roadblocks’. Chris Bradford, a Rotman Commerce student, while not directly impacted by the 2FA rollout, has some issues of his own: “My girlfriend went out to her weekly sleepover with her best friend, but left her phone at home,” he explains. “A Duo Push notification appeared and I thought nothing of it at first—she’s a student here, too— but then it said something about… entering a girlfriend? Whose girlfriend? Her girlfriend?? She’s supposed to be my girlfriend!”

Bradford was escorted out of the interview in hysterics.

Unfortunately, efforts to locate the ‘code’ have been inconclusive up until this point. U of T’s IIT team is currently backlogged, leaving those impacted hurt, confused, and deprived of touch. A DUO representative declined to comment.