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Feds Warn SMS Authentication Is Unsafe After ‘Worst Hack in Our Nation’s History’ (gizmodo.com)
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[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I thought they abandoned SMS a couple years ago??

[–] ChillPill@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They abandoned letting you use the Signal app to send and recieve SMS. You still need to get a code via SMS to activate your Signal account. I believe this is what they are referring to.

[–] communism@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 days ago

Yep, I was referring to that. You can stick someone else's SIM in your phone and log into their signal account if they've not set a Signal PIN. You don't see message history but new messages to that person will go to you.