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Subject: Re: Codes sent by text message
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 14:47:38 -0000 (UTC)
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Newyana2 <Newyana2@invalid.nospam> wrote:
> "The Real Bev" <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote
> 
> | WTF?  Why is the google voice number not a REAL phone number?
> |
>   As V said, the simple answer is that they want to spy.

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're NOT after you. 

However, in this case it's by design not nefarious. The 'F' in. 2FA is
"factor" meaning that you need two different sources of truth. Your
password is one and a known device is the second. VOIP is neither known nor
a device so cannot be trusted as the endpoint could be almost anything.