[zajio1am]

> Reminder: SMS 2FA adds only a negligible amount of security

I would disagree. Obviously, there are better approaches, but consider basic password auth on desktop, that is easily exploitable en masse by botnets. if you add 2FA via SMS, you would need to exploit both devices (or attack SS7, transfer number or some other trick) and match infos from these devices. Can be done in targetted attack, but harder in en masse botnet attacks.

[jfrunyon]

Congratulations, you've spotted the negligible amount, which I explicitly said was negligible, as opposed to zero. Just because something has some benefit does not mean that benefit is greater than the costs.

[yladiz]

Wow, is there any reason to be so snarky and dismissive here?