So, apparently #twofactor #authentication , not only has allowed #youtube #creators to be #hacked by #social #engineering their #phonenumber from #providers , not only has it #locked people out of their #accounts because they lost their #phone , but now it also allows people to be #tracked ! https://politictech.wordpress.com/2022/0.. And this isn't to mention the number of people who *don't* have a #smartphone !
Well, this is potentially the thing that gets me to stop using my #google #account entirely: https://trustcoyote.com/blog/2-step-veri.. #twofactor #authentication only serves to #track you and de- #anonymise you. The " #security " it offers has been *repeatedly* #abused - because #simcards and #phonenumbers are *not* within your control and can be arbitrarily re- #assigned ... They make incorrect assumptions about #security because in their little #bubble they all have #contracts