sovietknuckles [they/them]

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Joined 4 years ago
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Cake day: July 26th, 2020

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  • SMS auth is going away,

    OP is looking for an alternative to MS Authenticator. If this works as an alternative temporarily, they may still consider it worth it.

    [I]t is not considered secure in the last few environments I have worked in

    Yes, SMS 2FA is usually not secure due being vulnerable to SIM card swapping attacks, that’s why I explicitly recommended using a VOIP number, which would not be vulnerable to SIM card swapping attacks.











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