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Let's Ban SMS 2FA (lorendb.dev)
2 points by LorenDB on Feb 12, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


A SIM swapping attack is not trivial. SMS 2FA is significantly better than nothing. And since the other methods are harder to set up and harder to recover e.g. if your phone is broken, that means the alternative to SMS 2FA may be no 2FA.




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