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Multifactor auth done right (l.roofo.cc)

submitted 11 months ago by chris@l.roofo.cc to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] 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.