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 New Hack Shows that:

Governments that force KYC make their citizens more vulnerable to crime.

Twillio is a VoIP/SMS provider for businesses doing 2FA and other corrupt and ridiculous security.

Now Twillio's Authy app has been hacked,
This hack exposed millions of phone numbers to now be sold on the darkweb and abused,
https://thehackernews.com/2024/07/twilios-authy-app-breach-exposes.html

Once again, I am repeating the messages of:

--Do not give your real number out to verify anything
--Use burner crypto services for corrupt dumb websites that demand government SMS
--Do not trust large companies
--Don't do 2FA with mobile
--Use KeePassXC with TOTP for 2FA

KYC is a scam to make you feel secure with a trusted large provider.  In reality, you expose yourself to scams, hacks, and abuse when these corrupt entities leak your data.  Evil Governments are willing to let you be abused in their lust for power, under the disguise of saftey. 
 Shameful. These companies and government agencies are incapable of keeping a secret, and therefore shouldn't require that we give them secrets to keep. They suffer no consequence when they are bad custodians of our information.  #endkyc  
 How do you do 2FA without mobile?

Also, whats your thoughts on using Aegis on mobile for 2FA? 
 Hi, thanks for reaching out, sorry for the delayed reply.
please see our articles on that subject:

Why to Avoid 2FA on Phones
https://simplifiedprivacy.com/why-to-avoid-2fa-on-phones/index.html

2FA on a PC: KeePass XC Tutorial
https://simplifiedprivacy.com/2fa-on-a-pc-keepass-xc-tutorial/index.html 
 Do you have a good service for getting burner numbers? All ive found is mysudo but that can only be tied to your apple account I think. So kind if defeats the point.  
 Hi, please consider these lists/articles

Pro/Con of Phone Numbers/Services,
https://simplifiedprivacy.com/burners/

How VoIP works,
https://simplifiedprivacy.com/voip/

I can give you a JMP code for a free month if you like, DM me