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[Dixonary] OT please explain
Could someone please explain
why modern security ideas (for eg gmail login), etc seem to think that involving two different machines using two different operation systems and two different radio pathways is actually safer than one direct access I feel this fairly critically for most of them demand that I copy a code received as an SMS message by my smartphone - I live in an area where G4 G5 reception is not reliable and when I am sent a code which is viable for 10 minutes but may well take a full day to arrive then ...Aargh It suddenly struck me that to involve 2 operating systems which in my case are both secureĀ* - (a)Windows 10 pro via internal wifi via phone landline cable on a fully secured laptop and (b) Android 10 on an equally secure smart phone but using the phone network - which I presume is a different radio path via at least a couple of transmission towers - would seem to me to be increasing the chance of interception. Am I being stupid? - or what? PS. I had to remove the phone from my online banking profile because my bank sent me a required notification by SMS which took 79 hours to arrive and cost me bank fees because I hadn't taken an action which I didn't know about (and of course banks are very unforgiving when it comes to their money) -- *JohnhnyB* -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...hn-barrs.co.uk. |
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