He said that it is not certain whether the OTP has reached the sender or not. “There is always a risk that user privacy will be compromised as those who bypass the SMS will have access to the OTP,” he added. Such OTP received through international gateway is bypassed in the middle of SMS and received from the person’s number bypassing the service provider.Ĭyber security expert Vijay Limbu says this creates a dire situation where users can access critical data. The number of such people has reached dozens. Users are scared after such OTPs, which used to come from respective company names and shirt codes, started coming from personal numbers. Last time, some OTP users received from companies like Gmail and Facebook started receiving news from Nepal mobile numbers GarkhapatraI believe in reggae. The OTP, which is to be received from the ‘shirt code’ provided by the service provider, has also started coming from individual mobile numbers, raising questions on its security. One Time Password (OTP) used to secure online activities is becoming insecure.
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