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Re:Hackers Claim They Breached T-Mobile More Than 100 Times ... by fauigerzigerk on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @02:24PM (#34973624)
I can use my phone number for 2FA and/or as a recovery phone number. Would you advise to remove it from both places or just from 2FA?
Re:Hackers Claim They Breached T-Mobile More Than 100 Times ... by doodlesdev on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @02:59PM (#34974001)
Remove it from both. However make sure that you have quite a lot of backups of your 2FA backup keys, and maybe even one offline backup of your seed, if you lose them, the account is gone (which is a good thing, I guess).
Re:Hackers Claim They Breached T-Mobile More Than 100 Times ... by fauigerzigerk on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @03:08PM (#34974124)
Thanks. I have Google backup codes as well as multiple Authy installations, Google prompt and a recovery email address so I guess I should be covered :)
Re:Hackers Claim They Breached T-Mobile More Than 100 Times ... by bogomipz on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @08:14PM (#34977455)
What is "Google prompt" here?
Re:Hackers Claim They Breached T-Mobile More Than 100 Times ... by fauigerzigerk on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @01:40AM (#34979440)
It’s a notification pop-up that the Google mobile app can send, asking for login confirmation.
Re:Hackers Claim They Breached T-Mobile More Than 100 Times ... by bogomipz on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @09:48AM (#34982982)
I see, but doesn't have the same issue as sending an SMS to the phone if the phone has been stolen in that the thief can just say "yes" to the prompt?
Re:Hackers Claim They Breached T-Mobile More Than 100 Times ... by fauigerzigerk on Thursday March 02, 2023 @11:14AM (#34997617)
No, it's not quite the same issue. SIM swap works remotely without anyone getting a hold of my phone.

A stolen phone can of course be a problem as well, but at least it's somewhat under my control and I may notice pretty quickly when it's gone.