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I just have a visceral reaction every time I see "SMS" anywhere. It's a garbage human verification method (hello boxes of SIM cards available in [certain market
by k8svet 3y ago
I just have a visceral reaction every time I see "SMS" anywhere. It's a garbage human verification method (hello boxes of SIM cards available in [certain markets] for spare change), it's a garbage 2fa mechanism (especially when its the only one). It's a garbage platform through and through. I don't care if I burn karma here, it's the worst technology that I'm forced to use on a regular basis. And I hate seeing it defended and used in new places.
s/garbage/[stronger words]/g
I mean, it's not quite as cheap, but even now I can provision fungible, resellable eSIMs, non-wholesale, for less than $5. Throw a little HS + acceptxmr, sit in front of Airalo/holaSIM/etc, or just figure out who their upstreams are. It's all a complete and utter farce.