It’s time to stop using SMS for security

Re:It’s time to stop using SMS for security by southerntofu on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @06:04AM (#26474813)

> SMS 2FA costs money per message.

This is only because the telephone cartels control the networks. The same is more or less true of Internet. Operators have advocated for anti-open-wifi laws across the globe so they can sell their internet access plans (xDSL/3G), when we could have free networking for all in all places.

Seriously though, why couldn't we have FREE privacy-friendly networking as a public service?

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Re:It’s time to stop using SMS for security by toopok4k3 on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @09:13AM (#26476246)

Why?

Here you have to buy access to certain frequency ranges(big money required). The bidding happens from time to time. Building the network infrastructure is not cheap either and requires specialists to work for you.

I'd rather buy that 4G from a company that can deliver it everywhere I go than move backwards in progress to use some random WIFI hosted by Joe that fights over the same frequency as John's across the road.

The "cartel" networks work pretty good tbh. They just have stagnated in everything else but networking.

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