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Until Signal no longer requires phone numbers for accounts, users will be vulnerable to things like this. People have been pushing them to move to a simple username / password system for years, like every other E2EE messenger out there.

While using Signal is safer than using standard SMS, don't think for a minute you are anonymous.

1,900 Signal users’ phone numbers exposed by Twilio phishing | Ars Technica
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@voltronic How to enable 2FA for Twilio

Install Authy

authy.com/guides/twilio/

Twilio, the company which owns the popular 2-factor authentication service Authy, has revealed that it has suffered a data breach. An announcement published on its website states that some of its employees fell victim to a phishing attack.

@ecksmc
Twilio's buyout of Authy is one reason why I stopped using that app and migrated to Ageis for 2FA. This was before the breach, but I'm glad I made the switch.

@voltronic yeah I have seen that app

Still using authy myself ,😱

Might need to change over lots of hassle unless your device is rooted that is then it seems simple to switch over within the ageis app settings import option < so I've heard

@ecksmc
Aegis is Android only, but there are other alternatives recommended here:

privacytools.io/#2fa

@voltronic long good list there

Already use a few that are in that list K9mail, cookie auto delete, Firefox focus, bitwarden probably the more well known but i do use them K9mail along with OpenKeyChain which also links to conversations app

Annnyyyyoooooo great resource all in one place

Cheers mate 👍 deffo try a few of these out

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