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LMAO yeah, how dare they provide an alternative way to log into your account if you lost your phone ๐๐
What? They don't suport a username+password login?
No. Only phone number. The password is sent by SMS on every login.
I hate apps and services doing that.
great. I always wanted to receive passwords via sms
/s
It's not a password it's a one time code to confirm you have access to the phone number.
Still bad. TOTP is better than that.
Like I said, the goal is to verify access to the phone number, because that's the main account identification.
TOTP is not related to the phone number in any way.