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tggzzz:

--- Quote from: Simon on March 10, 2020, 03:03:29 pm ---2FA is security, not spam. You only get the SMS for logging in. that has been the case for for any of the several people i use 2FA with

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True, but irrelevant.

See, for example, the recent VirginMedia data breach giving email/phone/DoB/etc info to malefactors: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51760510

I think I've been caught by that, based on increases in spam and "helpful" phone calls. I've yet to do a subject data request to see what info of mine they got.

Simon:

--- Quote from: tggzzz on March 10, 2020, 05:10:58 pm ---
--- Quote from: Simon on March 10, 2020, 03:03:29 pm ---2FA is security, not spam. You only get the SMS for logging in. that has been the case for for any of the several people i use 2FA with

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True, but irrelevant.

See, for example, the recent VirginMedia data breach giving email/phone/DoB/etc info to malefactors: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51760510

I think I've been caught by that, based on increases in spam and "helpful" phone calls. I've yet to do a subject data request to see what info of mine they got.

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But if they have your mobile number anyway what is the difference in letting people use 2FA?

Simon:

--- Quote from: MK14 on March 10, 2020, 04:03:14 pm ---
--- Quote from: Fraser on March 10, 2020, 12:32:33 pm ---To the person who has effectively ‘gone to war’ with the moderators.......

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I would love to know the original incident, that has sparked this activity off (if applicable).
Was it a previously banned member, who got annoyed with the mod(s) ?
Or is it plain trolling, just for the sake of it ?

My gut feeling is that the original Angrybird account, seemed to be trolling us (in some form of fashion or other), right from the beginning. Even the user name "ANGRY" of "ANGRYbird", seems to hint at some annoyed member, somehow.


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They started chest beating and idolizing trump. It resulted in a temporary ban during which i turned a blind eye to them using 2 other accounts. They then started having an argument they would not relent on about the morality of hacking things like rigol scopes in a totally unrelated thread. They refused to stop whilst accusing me of shilling mp site by having to constantly take part in the discussion to try and restore order to the chaos they caused. So ban was made permanent. Now they keep re-registering just to prove...... I don't know what. No one said that we have a system that can detect angrybird's umpteenth account and stop them at registration, other than people reporting post by a new user that still tries to make trouble.

It's all rather childish. But you get one now and then.

tggzzz:

--- Quote from: Simon on March 10, 2020, 06:20:28 pm ---
--- Quote from: tggzzz on March 10, 2020, 05:10:58 pm ---
--- Quote from: Simon on March 10, 2020, 03:03:29 pm ---2FA is security, not spam. You only get the SMS for logging in. that has been the case for for any of the several people i use 2FA with

--- End quote ---

True, but irrelevant.

See, for example, the recent VirginMedia data breach giving email/phone/DoB/etc info to malefactors: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51760510

I think I've been caught by that, based on increases in spam and "helpful" phone calls. I've yet to do a subject data request to see what info of mine they got.

--- End quote ---

But if they have your mobile number anyway what is the difference in letting people use 2FA?

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Random websites don't have my phone numbers unless absolutely necessary. Why? Because each company with my number is another chance for malefactors to get access to my number.

The "sim swap scam" has been around and active for a while: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/beatthescammers/article-7571099/Sim-swap-fraud-fraudster-managed-swipe-80k-bank.html "Sim swap scam saw £80,000 swiped from my bank account...    Fraudster managed to convince mobile firm Three to give away number"

The only way I can see of combatting that is to have one phone that is used for banking only.

Simon:
Yes i know SIM swapping has been around a while. It was not the other day I heard about it but months to a year ago. The problem with it is that it relies on the profit hungry scruples of corporations that will stop at nothing to squeeze every last drop out of their workforce and customers. It's not a technological hack but a people hack. As phones are now used in 2FA it's a serious matter. Will phone companies be made liable for money lost due the pressure they put on staff which results in people being allowed to make changes to an account when they clearly don't have the required authority.

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