Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Newyana2" Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Codes sent by text message Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2024 21:30:31 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 47 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 02:30:37 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="574de7888dc9221a7fc3aca0a8465ef1"; logging-data="2897839"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+xhf+vwPyLiQAHHBHKpKsQ+Oa6GgFtwuI=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:lyn3kFLQq7v8q1cPIC1WqPGhCnk= X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5512 X-Priority: 3 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Bytes: 2984 "Carlos E.R." wrote | > As V said, the simple answer is that they want to spy. | | No, that's not it. Not for a bank. | Of course that's it. | They want to know that you are an actual person with a phone and | contract. They have to trust the company giving those numbers. | An actual person with a phone contract? So you're saying that having a cellphone is more proof of ID than my drivers license? You've been drinking the kool-aid. 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. Investing with the US Treasury does not require a cellphone. They send a code via email. My Tracfone was bought at BestBuy. At no point did I have to enter an ID or open an account. Tracfone officially has no idea who I am. I buy minutes at a drugstore every 3 months. There's no inherent security or proof of ID with cellphones. If I were going to do anything online requiring a cellphone, I'd be using that Tracfone. The problem, as I noted, is that if I lost the cellphone I don't feel confident that I'd be able to get into my account. There's no one minding the store. I ran into a similar issue with my brotyher who had a stroke. I tried to get his email. Google wouldn't let me. They wanted 2FA. He'd never set up 2FA! Apparently they saw that I was logging in from a different location, on a different device. There was no way around it. One doesn't just call a tech support person at Google. So it's pure bullshit for them to talk about security and even more BS to talk about confirming who you are. The only credible reason to require 2FA via cellphone is to track you.