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Re:Twitter faces FTC probe, likely fine over use of phone nu... by geofft on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @07:09PM (#24055496)
Not sure I follow "You'd be better off without 2FA" (unless you're counting the use of the number for advertising) - it's weak, but it doesn't introduce additional vulnerabilities.

And IIRC at the time Twitter didn't offer any other 2FA mechanisms.

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Re:Twitter faces FTC probe, likely fine over use of phone nu... by noscrewstoyous on Sunday August 16, 2020 @10:53AM (#24178275)
it’s a false sense of security
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