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WhatsApp turns on two-factor authentication for everyone (wired.co.uk)
1 point by aylons on Feb 11, 2017 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


I just wanted to add that this is more than a nice feature for the security conscious. Attacks duplicating a phone number precisely to take control of a WhatsApp account are very real and somewhat common, and TFA would go a long way on preventing them.




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