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SMS-based two-factor authentication will soon be banned

Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2016 10:54 pm
by 5829
SMS-based two-factor authentication will soon be banned
The US National Institute for Standards and Technology draft guidelines state that SMS is not secure enough for authentication purposes.

http://www.cnet.com/news/nist-set-to-ba ... ntication/

Re: SMS-based two-factor authentication will soon be banned

Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 4:25 pm
by AYHJA
I'm definitely in favor of anything security driven, and i use 2 step verification on all of my devices and accounts. I never used SMS verification if I could help it anyway.

Re: SMS-based two-factor authentication will soon be banned

Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2016 12:42 am
by Sir Jig-A-Lot
I never trusted that shit.