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Re:Listen to a SIM-Jacking, Account-Stealing Ransom by z3t4 on Thursday October 11, 2018 @02:27PM (#18195893)
If you register your phone nr your password basically get useless as someone can remotely (from another country even) steal your phone number and then reset your password.
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Re:Listen to a SIM-Jacking, Account-Stealing Ransom by mulmen on Thursday October 11, 2018 @02:44PM (#18196016)
That would be one factor, no?
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Re:Listen to a SIM-Jacking, Account-Stealing Ransom by z3t4 on Thursday October 11, 2018 @07:06PM (#18197746)
I mean if SMS is not just used as second factor, but also used for password reset/override, it basically become a one factor. So yes.
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