Google has sent its codes via SMS with Iranian number since 6 months ago. On 16 January 2015 at 17:39, Collin Anderson <col...@averysmallbird.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 12:10 PM, elham gheytanchi <elhamu...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > >> I think it means the codes are generated by the state agencies. >> > > They are not, the international companies would contract with an SMS > gateway to send codes. That SMS gateway should be a more or less a dumb > pipe that transmits whatever it is sent by the provider. It so happens that > now the pipe is closer to the user but the source stays the same. The SMS > gateway and telecommunications companies can certainly surveil or modify > the content (the latter wouldn't be useful for 2FA), but it should not > generate the codes. > > > -- > *Collin David Anderson* > averysmallbird.com | @cda | Washington, D.C. > > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations > of list guidelines will get you moderated: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at > compa...@stanford.edu. >
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