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j16sdiztoday at 4:43 AM2 repliesview on HN

Lots of people here exposing their single sign on approve code because a scammer ask them to send them a screenshot.


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jrockwaytoday at 4:51 AM

I mean... "please read me the code you get via text" or "this really Bank of America, please type your OTP" seems to work well enough. We really don't need OS-level controls for stuff on the screen. People can just tell you what's on the screen.

squigztoday at 5:45 AM

So that means this change will result in a noticeable decline in such scams, right?

Right??