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My approach to this is to use a google voice phone number where all SMS get sent to email. The voice account and the gmail account are the same google account w
by idiotsecant 4y ago
My approach to this is to use a google voice phone number where all SMS get sent to email. The voice account and the gmail account are the same google account which is secure by hardware 2FA yubikey login. I have a cell phone with an entirely different number that I use for non-2FA things so if it gets compromised i'm OK. I do access that email from that phone, so I suppose i'm a bit vulnerable to targeted phone theft, but SIM swapping shouldn't be a problem, I don't think?
In the opinion of HN is this the most secure way to do it while still allowing me to use services that force SMS based 2FA (almost everything) ?
Is there a better way?
- throwayphilsphr 4y agoThis works pretty well until google decides to block your account randomly one day.
- idiotsecant 4y agoIs this something that happens sometimes? I guess I hadn't considered that very likely but maybe I should be more concerned.
- hot_gril 4y agoMy Google Voice keeps randomly losing its phone number. I haven't bothered figuring out why, maybe inactivity, but it doesn't matter cause I've already crossed it off as something to rely on.