Malicious SS7 activity and why SMS should never by used for 2FA

Sun Apr 18 18:44:20 UTC 2021

Fine. And  you think 2FA trivially susceptible to social engineering is OK. “Come on, man”, as Biden would say :)

 -mel 

> On Apr 18, 2021, at 11:29 AM, William Herrin <bill at herrin.us> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Apr 18, 2021 at 8:31 AM Mel Beckman <mel at beckman.org> wrote:
>> You don’t even have to bother with social engineering [...]
>> $16 off an anonymous prepaid credit card — and a few lies
> 
> Mel,
> 
> What do you think social engineering is? It's a couple well placed
> lies that convince someone to do the wrong thing.
> 
> Regards,
> Bill Herrin
> 
> 
> 
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> William Herrin
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