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by srwx 1983 days ago
Prior to Okta and Twilio revoking their accounts you needed to provide SMS authorization to create an account (you give them a number, they send you a code, etc.). It seems likely after their API access to Okta/Twilio was revoked their services weren't written to catch and handle the new exception these API calls were probably raising...

Based on this twitter thread from Nov 2020 they may not have been hiring the best developers: https://twitter.com/davetroy/status/1327253991936454663