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> SMS as a second factor is purely additive. It cannot reduce security.

I responded to this in another post.

> There is pretty much no form of second factor that users are worse at passing than backup codes.

Agreed, I also mentioned backup U2F. At this point modern smart phones package TPMs that can also do attestation, so we're really not too far away from being in a situation where the vast majority of people have a U2F token in their pocket.




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