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		macspoofing on June 11, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hackers Are Hijacking Phone Numbers and Breaking i... SMS is the 2nd factor. Actually it's worse than just a 2nd factor because a compromised phone number can usually be used for password recovery

BrandonLive on June 12, 2017 [–]

You are confusing two different things.

The problem is one factor account recovery, because it means you have one factor auth.

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