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Re:Telegram moves to protect identity of Hong Kong protesters by pcr0 on Saturday August 31, 2019 @06:25AM (#20845539)
That sounds like the perfect way to test stolen credit cards. In high-risk transactions, Stripe uses SMS 2FA so you're back to needing a SIM card.
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Re:Telegram moves to protect identity of Hong Kong protesters by eitland on Saturday August 31, 2019 @07:10AM (#20845634)
Hmmm. Good point if Stripe use 2FA even if it would still be harder for the attacker as they would have to correlate payment - sms - account created - account joined group which is significantly harder to do than what is happening currently.

I guess what they'll do instead is to just outlaw Telegram :-|

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