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		b112 on Oct 1, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Coinbase Breach Notification And the elephant in the room is... the real purpose, for many corps eg Google, others, is to identify you, track you more accurately. And your mobile phone number is invaluable here.

dropnerd on Oct 1, 2021 [–]

coinbase does kyc. it already knows who you are

why sms? because everyone has it. we're not in a otp/u2f only world yet. sms 2fa is better than no 2fa

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