The real reason is that they want to save money on the text messages (outside of the US they need to pay $0.05 each time), not because they actually care about user security.
Like when xitter ran out of money and didn’t pay their sms bills and people were locked out of their accounts
Also, it’s dead simple to send someone else (or tell them over the phone) 6 numbers, when you’re being phished. Much harder for people to send someone a QR code.
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The real reason is that they want to save money on the text messages (outside of the US they need to pay $0.05 each time), not because they actually care about user security.
Like when xitter ran out of money and didn’t pay their sms bills and people were locked out of their accounts
i mean, it’s also a security issue. sms is plaintext all the way from them to you.
Also, it’s dead simple to send someone else (or tell them over the phone) 6 numbers, when you’re being phished. Much harder for people to send someone a QR code.