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Nov 27, 2024
7:01:33pm

Nikomedes Dupe Hunter

Two more things to prevent this: 1) Use SIM protection; 2) Don't use Android

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Nikomedes

Bio page: Nikomedes
Joined: Oct 18, 2010
Last login: Nov 27, 2024
Total posts: 24,316 (12,592 FO)

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Based on this harrowing thread, just changed the 2FA on my email accounts

Warner

Nov 27, 6:46pm

Wise. Sadly many banks are waaaaay behind the 8 ball with MFA options.

VACOUGFAN

Nov 27, 6:52pm

If you can you should setup a sim pin as well. Makes it a lot harder to be sim

Nov 27, 6:53pm

SMS based 2FA is crap.

cheezedawg

Nov 27, 6:54pm

SMS is fine

Shawarma

Nov 27, 7:03pm

I know too many people that used SMS for 2FA and have had accounts hijacked through sim swaps

cheezedawg

Nov 27, 7:44pm

Two more things to prevent this: 1) Use SIM protection; 2) Don't use Android

Nikomedes

Nov 27, 7:01pm

What do you mean by #1

yahtzee

Nov 27, 7:59pm

RE: What do you mean by #1

Nikomedes

Nov 27, 8:05pm

Do u happen to have a link for how to do that?

claw

Nov 27, 7:04pm

My IRA didn't offer hardware MFA. A few years ago I barked really hard at them

Uno Doctoro

Nov 27, 7:24pm

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