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[–] 9 points 5 months ago (1 child)

"improve security"

isn't basically common knowledge at this point phone recovery methods decrease security? How do companies keep getting away with this.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    It depends entirely on the implementation. Is it genuinely a "second factor"? Or are they just going to let you use one or the other? Because MFA is a real benefit to account security, even if SMS is the weakest version of it.

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