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Re:I hate password rules by tomc1985 on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @02:45PM (#29245485)
No it isn't. If you lose your phone you are in for a world of hurt, let alone all the various ways there are to intercept/redirect SMS messages and/or entire mobile accounts. To say nothing of the fact that internet access is not yet globally ubiquitous, or if you forget to pay your bill, or all these other possibilities.

A proper OTP app works offline, and more than one of them can exist for any given authentication, so you can have backups if your phone is stolen.

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