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Re:Thieves drain 2FA-protected bank accounts by abusing SS7 ... by belorn on Thursday May 04, 2017 @05:02PM (#14268788)
Security token devices for online banking is quite old now and came long before the trend of 2fa using sms, and they did not cost 60$. I have owned several by now and the first one one I owned was given as part of a gratis student package by the bank.
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Re:Thieves drain 2FA-protected bank accounts by abusing SS7 ... by petre on Thursday May 04, 2017 @11:48PM (#14270986)
Yup. I had one from Symantec and was never charged for it. If I lost it, it would cost something like 10$. It was also quite small, close to a U2F key/USB flash memory stick but it did not have a keyboard to type a PIN on. Most do.
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