SMS-based two-factor authentication will soon be banned

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SMS-based two-factor authentication will soon be banned

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SMS-based two-factor authentication will soon be banned
The US National Institute for Standards and Technology draft guidelines state that SMS is not secure enough for authentication purposes.

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I'm definitely in favor of anything security driven, and i use 2 step verification on all of my devices and accounts. I never used SMS verification if I could help it anyway.
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Re: SMS-based two-factor authentication will soon be banned

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I never trusted that shit.
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