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Subject: Re: Codes sent by text message
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:40:45 +0100
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Am 11.03.24 um 15:47 schrieb Chris:
> 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.

+1

> 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.


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