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Re:SMS is not 2FA-secure by fauigerzigerk on Saturday January 11, 2020 @07:39AM (#22019576)
What you can do with email is move the problem to your most secure account or to an account that you know how to recover under essentially all circumstances.
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Re:SMS is not 2FA-secure by ahaseeb on Monday January 13, 2020 @12:01PM (#22036227)
As I mentioned before that it's just convenience. SMS based authentication is flawed and is also prone to SS7 Attacks but people just do it because it's simple. Nothing in the world is hack proof
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