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I literally hate when services and apps force me to use SMS-based authentication. When I travel I need to use a different SIM to access reasonably priced inter
by petr25102018 6y ago
I literally hate when services and apps force me to use SMS-based authentication.
When I travel I need to use a different SIM to access reasonably priced internet. Because I don't have a double-SIM phone, that means my other SIM is not active at the moment.
Really dangerous trend is when this SMS confirmation is requested when I don't expect it. Once I was in the Philippines and AirBnb wanted me to verify my authentication attempt. It can be not only frustrating, but dangerous - I have accommodation scheduled and without the access to my home number I could be easily left on the streets in a foreign country.
And my last complaint -> SMS can arrive pretty late when you are in a foreign country. Sometimes too late that the authentication window is closed.
- 908B64B197 6y agoThis. With roaming and rampant robot calls, phone numbers should basically be considered no more static than IPs. There's a reason iMessage/WhatsApp took over from legacy SMS.
- djanogo 6y agoI use cheap android(100$) and that country's SIM, with Verizon (think TMobile also) the phone will work BAU when connected to WiFi in other countries, you will get your normal calls and SMS just as if you are in US.
- petr25102018 6y agoI am not American, but it doesn't matter. Yes, of course I can have a second phone or other solution. The point is that SMS-based auth is just worse than the alternatives.
- KingMachiavelli 6y agoI got a number through https://jmp.chat/ https://jmp.chat/ to solve this. Instead of using my real phone number, I use the VOIP number which is accessible over XMPP. Unlike most VOIP nubmers it works with short code numbers. Most services will use the number a couple are dumb and refuse to send messages to it.
- 7952 6y agoOccasionally my logged in Microsoft apps all suddenly re-request the 2f thing. Sometimes in the middle of the night. And when the 2f window pops up you can't tell which app has generated it.