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German police read WhatsApp messages without cracking encryption
cross-posted from : lemmy.zip/post/71321898
cybernews.com/privacy/police-telegram-whatsapp-signal-surveillance-linked-devices/Netzpoltik details that police are able to gain access in this way either through physical access to someone’s phone or by intercepting verification codes via a state-sanctioned phishing attack or intercepting SMS messages via telephone surveillance
Replying to @schizoidman@lemmy.zip
Open source FIDO2 keys, KeePassXC, and Aegis.
SMS 2fa has always been a bad deal
Replying to @SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
I’ll never understand why people accept SMS 2FA as any kind of security. Might as well put it as an ad in a newspaper. 🤦🏻♂️
Replying to @Brewchin@lemmy.world
Because many services only have SMS as 2FA option. Especially government services.
Also it is impossible to use google without enabling the SMS 2FA option. No matter what, with only 2FA authenticator app or email, they will lock down the account by saying “unable to verify”.
Replying to @Crumpled6273@lemmy.ca
You can remove SMS 2FA from a Google account if you have passkeys or hardware security keys registered
Replying to @Natanael@infosec.pub
But with a always on VPN they constantly ask to verify our identity, even with passkey or phone number.
Even when I successfully verify my passkey, they will still sent a SMS code to my recovery number. It’s almost impossible to bypass that step and try another method button redirect again to the same phone verification page. If I didn’t give my number, then this message appears, “there is not enough information to prove this is your account. try again later.”
Maybe VPN is a factor that triggering their security system.