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Re:FTC fines Twitter $150M for using 2FA phone numbers for a... by netik on Thursday May 26, 2022 @06:06AM (#31516550)
why? what is your threat model that makes this a problem? are your passwords equally insecure?
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Re:FTC fines Twitter $150M for using 2FA phone numbers for a... by pimterry on Thursday May 26, 2022 @09:34AM (#31518148)
Somebody steals your phone. Now you have lost access to all TOTP and you can't log into anything with 2FA.

This isn't about an attacker getting access to your TOTP codes - it's about you losing access to them.

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