How to share a login that uses SMS for 2FA (lemmy.world)

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We are a group of hobbyists managing a mailing list. Mailchimp insists on SMS authentication to login now which has scuppered our plans to spread the workload.

Are there any free / cheap services that would receive a text messages and forward it by email to several people? If not, is there an alternative way to deal with this situation? We’re not necessarily attached to mail chimp but delivery is important.

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[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

Why should anyone take a camera to take a screenshot or click on 'save image'?

They shouldn't, but that's what you said...

If you take a photo of it, it's saved into your camera roll

Beside that, I agree that its a security issue to have the plain text or QR code stored somwhere else than in the authenticator app itself. Inerently, trying to circumvent the introduced security by the uniqueness of the TOTP authenticator by sharing the key, one way or another, is a security issue by itself. That's why, I've recommended registering multiple independent authenticatior-keys, if possible, one per group member.

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