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2FA SMS is not obsolete because neither is a combination lock
- jodrellblank 9y agoSMS are more likely to be read by the user compared to app notifications is nothing safe from effing marketers? Not even authentication frontends in a security discussion are free from abusing it as a sticky communication channel. It won't be more likely to be read than app notifications when it's as abused as app notifications, and we'll all be worse off for it.
- nethsix 9y agoYeah. Every single action is tracked these days, and almost every channel is utilized as a marketing attempting; some channels are just very well disguised or they do provide some value/amusement that they are sort of welcome or at least tolerable.
- borplk 9y ago> SMS-based 2FA also offers a unique proposition – it enables the web service to verify the user, as well as acquire a sticky and unique user identity (phone number) in a single swoop. This gives the web service a reliable channel to get the user’s attention. No, just no.