Using SMS 2FA on any website is a Trap, dont do it, use Authenticator apps instead

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Using SMS as a 2FA( Two factor authentication ) for Facebook is a TRAP, dont use it if you dont want to loose your account.

2FA is indeed necessary, but SMS 2FA??? Thats a trap. Its a problem because their server gets overloaded( which is very frequently the case ) and SMS will be delayed for more than a day. Ofcourse for that long, you are locked out of you account and have no idea whats going on. Its a good excuse for them to not allow you to use your account if you were behaving different than they expected you to.

There are many authentication apps available for Android, ios, or Symbian phones(Those old Nokia phones) if you just search the word "Authenticator" on the app store. Some apps from the top of my head are,

Authy Google Authenticator Aegis

They will work fine, if not better. In case of Aegis, the one I use, it exports a .json file(encrypted of course) that can be backed up and imported on other apps.

Just make sure your phone clock is correct. Usually clock skew of at minimum 30 seconds upto 1 minute is fine for Facebook.



Submitted October 01, 2019 at 03:58AM by meat258 https://ift.tt/2o7jJmY

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