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If a bank teller doesn't know that multiple pieces of government-issued identity documentation are a stronger form of authentication than insecure SMS, ask for a manager.

TOTP 2FA is more secure than SMS and it works on an offline iPod Touch. There are also VOIP-based SMS services.



> If a bank teller doesn't know that multiple pieces of government-issued identity documentation are a stronger form of authentication than insecure SMS, ask for a manager.

Do you have hopes that the manager would have a different opinion?


Managers have different authority.

Also, some managers were born before mobile phones were ubiquitous.




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