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0 pointsWalterBright3mo ago0 comments

> Now every service demands your phone number to register

That appeared as a defense against people impersonating you, i.e. two factor authentication.

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Weird that those same services don't send a login token to the registered number.

If that was the case then TOTP would be available as an alternative but often enough it isn't even though SMS are less secure and more costly to implement.

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Timon33mo ago

Weird that those same services don't send a login token to the registered number.

account423mo ago

If that was the case then TOTP would be available as an alternative but often enough it isn't even though SMS are less secure and more costly to implement.

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