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Re:Twilio Confirms Data Breach After Hackers Leak 33M Authy ... by ktosobcy on Saturday July 06, 2024 @05:02AM (#40889138)
> Inside the EU / EES we usually have minutes included.

Nowadays... but not so long ago it wasn't like that and the prices were abysmal. And considering that EU is somewhat smaller and there is higher chance of having international contacts make the IMs so popular (especially whatsapp)...

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Re:Twilio Confirms Data Breach After Hackers Leak 33M Authy ... by bad_user on Thursday July 11, 2024 @01:29AM (#40933922)
You're right about prices being higher not long ago.

> EU is somewhat smaller

By area? The EU's population is larger than that of the US.

WhatsApp is indeed very popular for IM, and nowadays, SMS is basically just for 2FA (I hoped RCS would change that, but it's too little too late unfortunately).

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Re:Twilio Confirms Data Breach After Hackers Leak 33M Authy ... by ktosobcy on Thursday July 11, 2024 @03:36AM (#40934464)
> By area? The EU's population is larger than that of the US.

Yes, by area, which second part of the sentence implied when I mentioned it's easier to end-up in different country without driving miles on end :)

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