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Can't do this for at least two reasons.

1. If your phone is dead you can't login. 2 factor auth can authorize a login such that secondary authentication via phone is not always needed, reducing this problem significantly.

2. It invites those wanting to break into your account to attempt to auth so much that you either get a ton of texts or it stops trying to text you at some point, effectively keeping you from being able to login.

It is a nice idea, but it doesn't work.




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