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Re:Requiring MFA on popular gem maintainers by messe on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @10:45AM (#32483430)
If I were on a prepaid plane, and I didn't top up, my phone would still have an active SIM and phone number. I would still be able to receive calls and texts.
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Re:Requiring MFA on popular gem maintainers by deelowe on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @01:27AM (#32492677)
Everyone is just giving anecdotes and hypotheticals. How exactly does inactive accounts receive texts in other countries?

This is bizarre to me. I wouldn’t expect an inactive gmail account to receive email. Why texts?

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Re:Requiring MFA on popular gem maintainers by ghaff on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @10:54AM (#32483575)
That may be true but it's not obvious it would be. Certainly in times past in the US receiving calls/texts could incur charges.
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Re:Requiring MFA on popular gem maintainers by messe on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @11:09AM (#32483801)
> Certainly in times past in the US receiving calls/texts could incur charges.

That's why I originally said it was weird to me as somebody outside the US.

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Re:Requiring MFA on popular gem maintainers by ghaff on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @12:14PM (#32484861)
It dated to mobile calls being expensive especially outside of a very bounded home area and being either a business expense or a relatively luxury thing. In that context, it didn't really make sense to hit a landline with a big charge for calling a mobile number--perhaps unwittingly. And that general thinking carried over to SMS.
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