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My personal conspiracy theory: the reason so many sites and services push for mandatory 2FA nowadays is to have an excuse to harvest phone numbers.

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My personal conspiracy theory: the reason so many sites and services push for mandatory 2FA nowadays is to have an excuse to harvest phone numbers.

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technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 months ago

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And companies frequently prohibit VOIP numbers from being used for 2fa.

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