Why are banks still getting authentication so wrong?

Re:Why are banks still getting authentication so wrong? by Henchman21 on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @07:51PM (#43979180)

So, if I may ask, do you have a smartphone? What kind and who is your carrier? It seems to me your stance would preclude owning a smartphone?

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Re:Why are banks still getting authentication so wrong? by lxgr on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @08:17PM (#43979372)

I do, but that doesn't mean I need to participate in ridiculous forms of authentication.

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Re:Why are banks still getting authentication so wrong? by ethbr1 on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @12:21AM (#43980769)

The parent's gripe is presumably about many bad SMS-based 2FA implementations banning non-post-paid numbers from use.

E.g. Blizzard (assuming they still do this)

If they want to be aggressive about fraudulent activity, fine, but don't restrict perfectly valid phone numbers from being used in their required 2FA scheme.

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