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I'm so frustrated reading these comments because I assume this is the logic used at these companies that make my life a daily pain in the ass. My email is more
by k8svet 3y ago
I'm so frustrated reading these comments because I assume this is the logic used at these companies that make my life a daily pain in the ass.
My email is more secure than my phone. This is shown to be evident on a monthly or bimonthly basis, despite insistence from sms proponents that it's the only feasible oh and also secure way. Bollocks.
Every single time, it basically boils down to the truth - SMS auth is circumvental, recoverable, whatever you want to call it. And there's ample evidence of that being used for account takeovers.
I honestly don't understand how this remains a discussion.
- jsnell 3y agoGreat, go ahead use your email address rather than a phone number then! If the author's point had been that there should be a non-SMS option, I would not have commented. But that wasn't their point. They thought it should be removed as an option from everyone. It's just an amateurish idea, completely ignoring the real world and the tradeoffs.