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I agree that we need 2FA and that we shouldn't rely on SMS. That said, saying encryption is worthless because other threat vectors exist is a bit hyperbolic. Security is all about defense in layers. There's several orders of magnitude difference in the difficulty of performing a SIM swap attack vs sucking up passwords on coffee shop wifi.



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