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mdp2021 7 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: British duo arrested for SMS phishing via homemade...

> still use SMS?

Instead of? If you have to send text to an occasional user, what do you think should be used?

The article is about /receiving/ messages supposedly from firms. How should they have sent it?

lrvick 7 months ago [–]

Maybe something with at least TLS like email.

mdp2021 7 months ago | [–]

The issue with those kind of messages is sender authentication, not content confidentiality.

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