Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dave Royal Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Codes sent by text message Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 08:40:12 +0000 (GMT) Organization: news.eternal-september.org Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <1w4pvoyf4iu0k.6b8awc049ol6$.dlg@40tude.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 08:40:14 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="502928e1e6f66acd8ea6f591df40f94e"; logging-data="920539"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19e+awJw4zP4BB2EHkcgN8/" Cancel-Lock: sha1:bMz0VYH6lS4yAiX2piEg/KkBx9k= X-Newsreader: Mod.PiaoHong.Usenet.Client:2.02.M16 Bytes: 2429 Chris Wrote in message: > Jörg Lorenz wrote: >> On 10.03.24 10:44, Bob Henson wrote: >>> Newyana2 wrote: >>>> At one point I played with crypto a bit. I had to upload a picture >>>> ID (drivers license), as well as giving them my email address and >>>> access to my bank account. As I recall I think they sent a voice >>>> message code to my landline, which is a lot more security in terms of >>>> proof of ID than a cellphone. The lamdline is registered to -- and >>>> wired to -- a physical address. >>> >>> They will struggle in the UK soon, then. All landlines disappear by the end >>> of 2025 - there will only be VoIP. >> >> Hardly ever read so much nonsense. We know Newyana does not have a cell >> phone but he or she wants to have a big mouth in technical groups >> discussing mobile technology. >> >> For you: IP-telephone lines are landlines. Landlines are not what you >> think they are. The backend is even in the UK ip-based for years. > > Do you have evidence for that? It's true that UK telephony has been digital > for a long time within the BT network, but that doesn't mean it's > internet/ip-based. > BT's System X, installed from the '80s, didn't use packet-switching. -- Remove numerics from my email address.