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by progval 2431 days ago
> If the phone number is acting as the identity (like email for a lot of sites today) then no, that's not vulnerable to anything

Email is hard to hack (you need a password, and possibly a second factor if the email account is properly secured).

Phone numbers are easier to spoof using SIM swapping. See https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/31/20841448/jack-dorsey-twit...