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		yahelc on May 22, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Getting started with login verification But, this grief is still less than the grief if they'd go through if they didn't have Two Factor Authentication enabled, no? Yes, DOSing and SMS spam sucks, but not nearly as much as having your account successfully hijacked.

cheald on May 22, 2013 [–]

Certainly, but you can have 2FA and not have a DOS vector if you provide TOTP.

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