SSA launches text message authentication system that doesn't work with Verizon Wireless
[WITH IMAGE]: https://plus.google.com/+LaurenWeinstein/posts/aMxYyHvjyYN Social Security Administration launches lamebrain 2-factor authentication system depending on text messages, with only a couple of days warning, and without verifying that it even worked with Verizon Wireless! Reference: https://lauren.vortex.com/2016/07/ssa-cutting-off-users-who-cant-receive-text-messages --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): https://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: https://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: https://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: https://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Google+: https://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently doing so -- my opinions expressed here are mine alone. _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list https://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
