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App based 2FA is better than SMS based 2FA

If you forget which email you signed up with then phone number should always be a reliable back up option

yeah until you get SIM-swapped

A person changes email more than a phone number

that's the issue lol

Some apps allow you to log in just using a phone number so it shouldn't be an issue

those apps are insecure then

Not really

Had a user at work get his account hijacked due to a phone number spoof. SMS or phone verification is one of, if not the least secure MFA options. Let alone a primary sign in option.

They send text codes to authenticate he should've paid attention more

we're saying that it's possible for your phone number to get stolen

It's possible for an email to get hacked someone once hacked my ebay a few years ago and tried buying a $350 Chainsaw odly sent to my address lol

it's much easier for a phone number to be stolen (especially here in the US)

Either or can get hacked nothing wrong with a back up

You can secure an email with multiple 2FA methods. You can't really secure a phone number against SIM swapping

You're really against this lol

Because SMS-based auth is objectively an insecure auth method

What is secure on the internet

Spoofing a phone number is significantly easier, as is sim jacking. Gaining illegitimate access to your email account requires bypassing your password and potential MFA methods. It’s not even close to the same thing.

There isn’t one reputable security company that won’t tell tell you that SMS authentication is the least secure and you shouldn’t do it if you can avoid it.