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Agreed that such services should stop using phone numbers. In the meantime, you can get inexpensive numbers from https://jmp.chat/ https://jmp.chat/ - useful f

by ossguy 8y ago

Agreed that such services should stop using phone numbers. In the meantime, you can get inexpensive numbers from https://jmp.chat/ https://jmp.chat/ - useful for 2FA as well.

reustle 8y ago
Yeah I use Google Voice for this purpose, which isn't _really_ 2fa anyway (because it's my google account).
- deleted 8y ago
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- Hydraulix989 8y ago
  Some services somehow know that the phone number is VoIP (Google Voice) and disallow you from using it with TFA. IIRC, Steam is one example.
cube2222 8y ago
That's technically not two factor if you only need to know a password to get access to the one-time code. It's two passwords, both are something you have to know, there's nothing you need to have or be (sms and biometrics respectively)
- romwell 8y ago
  Your comment highlights why phone-based 2FA is not a 2FA.
  - cube2222 8y ago
    It is, you need to have the phone. But if you can access the phone content remotely behind a password, then it stops being 2FA.