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Google does another stupid thing (or at least it used to do two years ago, but I think it's still doing it): when you pick Google Auth for 2FA, and for some rea
by mtgx 10y ago
Google does another stupid thing (or at least it used to do two years ago, but I think it's still doing it): when you pick Google Auth for 2FA, and for some reason you can't use it, you can still login to your account with an SMS code...
Like WTF Google? Any attacker could just as easily do that, too, anytime they want. As long as this remains true, Google Authenticator (or any other Google security measure that could easily by bypassed this way with SMS) has literally zero advantages over SMS, while retaining the disadvantages of being less convenient to use, etc.