I want it legally mandated that any time a service offers SMS verification, it must get a user to explicitly consent to what a stupid idea this is.
"By giving us your phone number for 2FA, you consent to giving any stranger access to your account, provided they pay a $200 bribe to their pick of tens of thousands of retail employees working below the poverty line"
https://tmo.report/2024/04/t-mobile-employees-across-the-country-receive-cash-offers-to-illegally-swap-sims/
Lance R. Vick /
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2024-04-15 23:35:51
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