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kbar13 on Aug 3, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: SMS traffic pumping fraud

this is another drop in the bucket of "stop using SMS for any form of authentication"

technick on Aug 3, 2023 [–]

SMS is the only way to get 2fa with a dumb phone and without a physical 2fa token.

joshuaissac on Aug 3, 2023 | [–]

> SMS is the only way to get 2fa with a dumb phone and without a physical 2fa token.

TOTP authenticator apps exist for J2ME, which is supported by phones as old as the Nokia 3330.

Example: https://github.com/baumschubser/hotpants

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