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A majority of banking, at least in Europe, depends on SMS as authentificiation. As well as most other 2fa services depend on it as last resort fallback. It's 2
by herbst 9y ago
A majority of banking, at least in Europe, depends on SMS as authentificiation. As well as most other 2fa services depend on it as last resort fallback.
It's 2018 but this problem is far from solved.
(there is a lengthy rant about that somewhere in my post history)
- X-Istence 9y agoMy bank in NL requires 2 factor using a handheld chip reader that you have to feed your PIN number followed by a random number from the website. It then calculates a second number that you send back to the bank. No SMS at all!