> As others have said, it is not that SMS 2FA is insecure; it is that thieves ha... | Hacker News

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		jrochkind1 on June 9, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tell HN: SMS-based two-factor authentication is no... > As others have said, it is not that SMS 2FA is insecure; it is that thieves have figured out how to defeat it using SIM jacking and a bit of facebooking and googling Uh... what does (in)secure mean to you?

bkdbkd on June 9, 2021 [–]

exactly. "its not that the lock is insecure, its just that sometimes thieves figure out how to make keys."

rawgabbit on June 10, 2021 | [–]

What I mean is that if thieves can defeat the lock on my door, it doesn’t mean my door lock is worthless. I still lock my door but I don’t rely on it exclusively for protection.

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