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someguydave on Aug 20, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Facebook hacker beat my 2FA, bricked my Oculus, an...

> What is the point of setting up a hardware or Google Authenticator-type 2FA solution when most companies will fallback to SMS?

One possible point is that you could still log in somewhere that has internet but no cell service

int_19h on Aug 21, 2021 [–]

We have a better way of handling that these days:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_Access_Network

someguydave on Aug 21, 2021 | [–]

That practically requires wifi. In some scenarios you might have wired internet only.

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