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by ufmace 1556 days ago
On the level of individual accounts, SMS has proven to be vulnerable to compromise. These attacks are pretty labor-intensive though. On the level of an app or service, SMS 2FA is still a big net gain in blocking account compromise though. Individual users, especially anyone who is at a particular risk for targeted attacks, would be wise to seek out more secure solutions.