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NIST is No Longer Recommending Two-Factor Authentication Using SMS (Schneier on Security)
2016-08-03 12:11

NIST is no longer recommending two-factor authentication systems that use SMS, because of their many insecurities. In the latest draft of its Digital Authentication Guideline, there's the line:...

NIST Recommends SMS Two-Factor Authentication Deprecation (Threatpost)
2016-07-27 16:57

The U.S. National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) said SMS-based two factor authentication would soon be deprecated.