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Re:The FastMail Security Mindset by soufron on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @03:48PM (#15855782)
What is the sms backdoor?
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Re:The FastMail Security Mindset by rbritton on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @03:55PM (#15855864)
Probably this [0]. They can get phone companies to issue a SIM for your number, which will then receive the SMS reset or 2FA code.

[0]: https://www.wired.com/2016/06/hey-stop-using-texts-two-facto...

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Re:The FastMail Security Mindset by snowpanda on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @07:43PM (#15857597)
Sim swapping:

http://www.fraud.org/sim_swapping_alert

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