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robomartin on Feb 18, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: An update on two-factor authentication using SMS o...

Does someone know of a good article on the issues with SMS 2FA suitable for non tech folk? I would like to send it to friends and family members. It just has to be easy to digest for a general audience.

mrobins on Feb 18, 2023 [–]

https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2019/10/sim-swap-sc...

robomartin on Feb 19, 2023 | [–]

That's not bad, thanks. I'll test it out with a few people and see what feedback I get.

I've already had one person say "Why in the world would anyone target me? I am nobody out of hundreds of millions of people."

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