[Info-vax] Two-Factor Authentication

[VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG]

In article <qouao5$bta$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de (Phillip Helbig (undress to reply)) writes:
>In article <00B46DE2.DEF08968 at SendSpamHere.ORG>, VAXman- 
>@SendSpamHere.ORG writes: 
>
>> In article <qoprpg$741$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de (Phillip Helbig (undress to reply)) writes:
>> >In article <00B46D04.C1A896A4 at SendSpamHere.ORG>, VAXman- 
>> >@SendSpamHere.ORG writes: 
>> >
>> >> I don't have a phone that receives
>> >> SMS.  
>> >
>> >Get a Nokia 3310 or 3330.  I'm still using the one I got almost 20 years 
>> >ago.
>> 
>> They have wired phones that do SMS?
>
>The Nokia 3310 can be had for free or for a dollar or two used.  Very 
>robust, no frills, long battery life (as long as a somewhat more modern 
>battery is used; the original ones suffered from the memory effect).  
>Interestingly, it will still work when more-modern protocols won't, 
>because the latter will be decommissioned to free up bandwidth for the 
>even more-modern ones.  You can probably get a contract where you pay 
>for only stuff you use, and receiving SMS is free.  But you can use it 
>in an emergency to ring someone.  As far as I know no security issues at 
>all.

It's not an issue of cost(s).



>Having said that, if someone sends an SMS to my landline, it rings and a 
>computer voice reads the text of the SMS.  Really.
>
>(Actually, I don't have a traditional land line anymore.  I still have 
>the same number, but it is now with another company and VOIP.  I kept an 
>analog land line for a long time, mainly because it would work without 
>power.  But power outages are extremely rare, and these days cell-phone 
>usage is so cheap that the cost of an analog land line is no longer 
>justified.  (If there is a large-scale power outage, then cell phones 
>probably won't work either, but then neither would land lines, as the 
>switchboard needs power even if the end units don't.)

Mobile service, I'm told, is dicey at best where I reside.  It's subject
of daily debate for people on Facebook forums et al dedicated to my town
and locale.  "I can't get any cell phone signal here."  "What's the best
carrier for phone service in our area?"  Apparently, it's not economical
or feasible for many rural areas.  When I'd visited the NY finger lakes 
region last spring for a rocket launch, many of the people in attendance
were quite inconvenienced by the fact that they were cellularly deaf and
isolated.  I expected little connectivity prior to arriving at the launch
site, so I downloaded about 10 sq. miles of GPS map data.  For many years,
I paid significant money for T1 service -- slow by today's standards -- 
because there was no other way to access moderately high-speed internet.
Eventually, the cable co. in my region began offering internet.  It was a
mess in its early days as the area's cable system infrastructure was in
dire need of an overhaul.  I have also been told that mobile phone and TV
service is interrupted by the myriad military transports flying overhead.
I'm under military airspace for MDL.  Planes fly low enough here to count
the rivets in the fuselage. 

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