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Millions of people imperiled through sign-in links sent by SMS (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 month ago by along_the_road@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

so it does that job

It does, really poorly, for the reasons I've listed, and for the reasons in the OP.

With the issue in the article you dont even need to intercept sms meant for a particular user to get access to random users’ accounts, thus totally different issue.

Not a different issue at all. Exact same issue, with lower risk.

I asked, what is better for a second factor than SMS?

I answered this like 12 comments ago.

We're going around in circles now so I'll bid you good night.