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Re:Facebook hacker beat my 2FA, bricked my Oculus, and hit t... by nijave on Friday August 20, 2021 @06:46PM (#28252251)
Google Voice works for many services which is protectable with 2FA (hardware tokens) and accessible most anywhere in the world--you're at the mercy of Google, though

That should help against SIM swap attacks

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Re:Facebook hacker beat my 2FA, bricked my Oculus, and hit t... by joncrane on Friday August 20, 2021 @07:16PM (#28252454)
Lately more and more of my accounts aren't accepting GV as a phone number linked with the account.

Recent memory: 7-11 app and eBay both made me use a number that's associated with an actual SIM card.

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Re:Facebook hacker beat my 2FA, bricked my Oculus, and hit t... by rsync on Friday August 20, 2021 @07:21PM (#28252490)
It's hit or miss and that is why I am basing this on an honest-to-god mobile number on a SIM card. I don't want to deal with the finnicky number validation that is done ...
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