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[-] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 4 points 10 months ago

It's not a password it's a one time code to confirm you have access to the phone number.

[-] Asudox@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Still bad. TOTP is better than that.

[-] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 2 points 10 months ago

Like I said, the goal is to verify access to the phone number, because that's the main account identification.

TOTP is not related to the phone number in any way.

this post was submitted on 23 Nov 2023

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