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Re:Reddit Confirms It Was Hacked–Recommends Users Set Up 2FA by Verdex on Friday February 10, 2023 @10:36AM (#34741003)
Yeah, this was my first reaction.

<Reddit hacked>

"Huh, I guess I better change my password."

<Recommends TFA>

"Hmm, give reddit my phone number .... no."

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Re:Reddit Confirms It Was Hacked–Recommends Users Set Up 2FA by pwildani on Friday February 10, 2023 @11:32AM (#34741920)
Reddit's TFA is not phone number based. You use a one time password generator.
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Re:Reddit Confirms It Was Hacked–Recommends Users Set Up 2FA by sjagoe on Friday February 10, 2023 @11:38AM (#34742005)
No need for phone number, they just give you a TOTP private key you can use in Google Authenticator or something like that.
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