Wow would you look at that, still none of them cover what SMS is >:( Almost like it's not a second factor, and fuck every corporation that tries to claim that it is

[–] JPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zone 42 points 11 months ago (1 children)

SMS is something you have, IE access to your phone. Doesn't mean it's the best option, SMS is notorious for being insecure

[–] HeckGazer@programming.dev 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The 10,000 support staff with dubious social engineering training at your service provider are not "something you have". Case in point literally a few weeks ago https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/12/verizon-fell-for-fake-search-warrant-gave-victims-phone-data-to-stalker/

[–] Kethal@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

This is an article describing someone impersonating an officer and submitting a fake warrant. It's incredible that Verizon fell for it, but what does it have to do with SMS?

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 1 points 10 months ago

It means that if I want access to something that has been texted to you, I don't exactly need to be a government in order to get it.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

It would be fine if it weren’t for sim swapping.

But try asking anyone at your bank about a yubikey and watch them stare at you like you have broccoli growing out of your ears.