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Re:New NIST password guidelines: don't require character typ... by user5994461 on Thursday December 15, 2016 @08:34AM (#13184444)
Both are impossible when not having a phone.
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Re:New NIST password guidelines: don't require character typ... by CiPHPerCoder on Thursday December 15, 2016 @11:56AM (#13186002)
It's non sequitur.

"I have a phone number but don't want to give it out" is different than "I don't have a phone".

But hey, there are 2FA devices you can use instead.

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