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		throwway120385 on Feb 22, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cellular outage in U.S. hits AT&T, T-Mobile and Ve... TOTP is more secure in that you can't be simjacked by someone impersonating you in the cell phone store.

SpaethCo on Feb 22, 2024 [–]

That's assuming your attacker already has your password, or the service allows SMS password reset. (thus negating the second factor. Essentially SMS becomes the only factor.)

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