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Isn't 2fa by sms bad though? You hear a new case almost every week of someone whose telco was socially engineered to gain access to their phone number linked 2fa/account recovery.


Bad is relative, it is bad compared to other more secure methods. But if you can't guarantee that your users have a smartphone, SMS is still a needed option.




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