[real-eyes] Re: Accessible Cell Phones
- From: "Fettgather, Jim" <jfettgather@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:59:03 +0000
Yet another situation where the two-factor authentication is prevalent is in
the creation of a Google account.
You can choose to try to solve the CAPCHA, or, provide a number to which a text
message can be sent, it works beautifully every time.
-----Original Message-----
From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Mitchell Lynn
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 10:09 AM
To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Accessible Cell Phones
I don't expect to get a lot of texts. What I want it for is potential
2-factor authentication. There are other ways to do this, but this is
the only one that looks like it might be accessible to us. I think the
time is approaching when most sites will be using 2-factor
authentication. It might not be required for every-day logins from a
known node, but if you need to reset a password or try to logon from a
device you haven't used before, they (the site that is) will want to
verify that you are who you say you are. The time is coming when being
able to supply "something you know" as verification won't be enough;
they will also want to verify with "something you possess." A couple of
weeks back, I wanted to try out XPN. I couldn't even get signed up
without a mobile number.
I didn't get the chance to investigate this further (as this was when I
ran into that nasty mess with the new system) but strongly suspect that
their need for a mobile number was for 2-factor authentication.
On 04/23/14 9:32 AM, kitty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> mitchell, hopefully someone will have more info re accessible ones. But,
> the killer is that you typically end up paying more for being able to text.
> For instance, I have a very basic verizon plan. Cost around $30.00. I am
> told by their sales staff that if I wanted any plan that included texting,
> the minimal cost would be $30 plus whatever typical voice costs would be.
> So, all that to say that seems to me that texting can be rather expensive.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mitchell Lynn
> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 9:58 AM
> To: Real-Eyes
> Subject: [real-eyes] Accessible Cell Phones
>
> Okay,
> Maybe someone here can suggest where I might learn about accessible cell
> phones also cheapest plans etc. I've Googled this, and the hits are
> overwhelming. I am an utter neophyte on this subject. Never so much as
> dialed one of these, and my total talk time on one wouldn't fill the
> commercial break in your favorite TV series. When you get right down to
> it, I am less inclined to hold a cell phone than I would be to pick up a
> snake.
>
> I have only one requirement: it must be able to voice text messages. If
> it can be arranged that voice communications could be disabled, all the
> better <grin>.
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