Who said I gave up on the MAC Address?
For an additional layer of security in case someone could have gotten the password (highly unlikely), but not the device with a MAC Address that hasalsobeen hard coded into the same function allowing the salt bypass.
It's called two factor authentication, and it's NOT NEW ass hat.
Just because your tiny little Piss Ant brain can't comprehend that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
You really must be new at this…