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Re:Tell HN: SMS-based two-factor authentication is not secure by paulpauper on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @01:44PM (#27450842)
It can reduce security if password can be reset with SMS
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Re:Tell HN: SMS-based two-factor authentication is not secure by FabHK on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @01:52PM (#27450928)
That's the whole point of GP:

SMS is perfectly fine as a second factor, and terrible if it can serve as the only one factor.

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