Not if you set a verbal pin with the carrier like you are supposed to' I set one up with at&t
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Your confidence in AT&T's reps talking to a somewhat forgetful and very hurried Jeff Atwood attempting to get into his phone is inspiring.
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For one of the thousands of times this has been abused, see here: https://medium.com/@CodyBrown/how-to-lose-8k-worth-of-bitcoin-in-15-minutes-with-verizon-and-coinbase-com-ba75fb8d0bac …
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I feel for that CS rep, because they are largely just taking input in a state machine which is designed with calls per hour in mind.
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Among my worries is how easily one gets silently upgraded into the other by product changes.
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"We've got their phone number, and it is verified. Texting it solves HOW MANY tickets? Do it."
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WARNING: After setting PIN+code w/TMobile, attackers still took over 2 lines, incurred $3k in JUMP! deferred payment charges. Human factor.
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@pkellyonline This isn't correct. 2FA means password and another factor e.g. SMS code. Just because CS rep sees code doesn't give them Pwds!
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Terrible advice. Probably ~1000 people out of 2B have been hacked this way in 5 years. Only the high value targeted should worry about this.
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more of an account recovery problem. If control over SMS is enough to auth, that is 1FA.
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