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> SMS is not secure. Neither is email. That's too much of a simplification. At an absolute level, true. But security is relative and needs to be measured with
by jjav 6y ago
> SMS is not secure. Neither is email.
That's too much of a simplification. At an absolute level, true.
But security is relative and needs to be measured with the threat models you care about.
Intercepting an email from your bank (let's say) to your email server (whoever provides it) is in practice exceedingly difficult, requires the attacker is in control of a transit point between them.
Intercepting SMS, as described in the article, is trivial and can be done by just about anyone who cares to go for it.