Because it's easy to do SIM swam scams, spoof phone numbers, etc. It's another personally-identifying bit of information that we shouldn't need for authentication.
As attacks become more efficient, we're moving to better solutions like YubiKeys and TOTP-based authenticator apps. Both of which are still fairly easy to use.
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Because it's easy to do SIM swam scams, spoof phone numbers, etc. It's another personally-identifying bit of information that we shouldn't need for authentication.
As attacks become more efficient, we're moving to better solutions like YubiKeys and TOTP-based authenticator apps. Both of which are still fairly easy to use.