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And SMS should be retired completely for authentication, not simply deprecated as NIST did in SP 800-63B with companies like banks assuming full liability for losses to others if they continue with this unacceptably insecure mechanism.


I've been sending people this like since 2012: https://www.itnews.com.au/news/telcos-declare-sms-unsafe-for...

"The lobby group for Australian telcos has declared that SMS technology should no longer be considered a safe means of verifying the identity of an individual during a banking transaction."




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