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Under the new EU rules 2FA over SMS is not allowed because it is possible to transfer phone numbers to other devices (through social engineering or simply because providers reuse old numbers) and thereby intercept the code. Instead most banks use an authentication app so that 2FA is bound to a single device.


Citation needed?

Some Polish banks definitely allow using SMS as a second-factor.

(And some even let you use a permanent cookie for that. :-O)




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