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by TeMPOraL 6 days ago
But that's the thing: SMS can be auto-forwarded without that much effort. Definitely without rooting your phone. I don't recall if there is any built-in functionality for this, or at what granularity, but in the past I had a Tasker profile specifically meant to forward very specific SMS 2FA codes.

Now try that with a bank/vendor app. Or any other communication app. Nowadays, many don't even put the message body into the notification anymore, so you can't forward it via another channel (e.g. via SMS).

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Yes, proprietary app-based authentication is the worst possible authentication scheme, but thankfully I don't need to use any services that insist on that.