Lee Duna to [email protected]English • 2 years agoWhatsApp is one step closer to adding email address verificationwww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down16
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minus-squareSomething Burger 🍔linkfedilinkEnglish15•2 years agoNo. Only phone number. The password is sent by SMS on every login.
minus-squareasudoxlinkfedilinkEnglish-3•2 years agogreat. I always wanted to receive passwords via sms /s
minus-squarelemmyvorelinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoIt’s not a password it’s a one time code to confirm you have access to the phone number.
minus-squarelemmyvorelinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoLike 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.
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.