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Mark my words: this narrative will be used to deepen global surveillance, further centralize our communication systems and greenlight various large-scale manipulations (e.g. censorship).

Kind of like 2FA is currently "solved" by requiring mobile numbers instead of something like Ubikey, even though SMS is insecure and awful for privacy.

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One minor correction: mobile numbers are used for spam and bot prevention.

You can't have a discord or signal account without a valid phone number. Think about that for a second.

But yeah, not being able to use proper 2FA devices annoys the bejeesus out of me

My discord is fine without a phone number.

No need to phone verify for Discord. SERVERS can turn it on as a requirement. to prevent spam probably.

Depending on where you're signing up from, sometimes they do demand a phone number on signup.

No doubt that's what will happen, although it's clear to me that less centralization, not more, would be better for countering this sort of stuff.

But you are accepting the narrative. To me, these stories are akin to 'parallel construction' - they provide the justification for the implementation that our overlords have already determined would be expedient for their goals. This way of looking at things simplifies understanding of the news we are presented with. So: what is required by the technocracy?... aaand here's the news story/stories to support that. The presented reality is not unfolding naturally (if it even occurred).

I hope you occasionally consider the opposite perspective. Starting with a predetermination of conspiracy is just as bad (actually worse, IMO) as starting with a predetermination of honest behavior.

Alex Jones used the same reasoning to declare the Sandy Hook shooting a false flag intended to move the conversation about gun control. I encourage you to watch the coverage of the ongoing hearing where the very real people who lost their very real loved ones are testifying.

It's beyond conception I guess that some trials are actually made for television events.

Is it also beyond conception that it isn't?

How is that the case ? How can SMS be exploited?

SMS, as well as app-based TOTP, are commonly phished (even with automated processes in some cases). SMS in particular is vulnerable to a SIM swap as well.

Crooks can trick cell carriers' under-resourced customer support reps into transferring your phone number to a different SIM card. https://www.issms2fasecure.com/

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