# Two Factor local login proposal

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-factor-local-login-proposal/76689
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [December 24, 2017, 7:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-factor-local-login-proposal/76689 "2017-12-24T07:17:59Z")
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### Author: ![RGJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rgj/32/523185_2.png) [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2017, 10:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-factor-local-login-proposal/76689/2 "2017-12-24T10:32:53Z")

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> [@awole20](#):
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> I also really like the idea of being able to set up two factor through texts later, possibly by using a twilio API.

I don’t - and more important: NIST doesn’t like it anymore either:

> **[NIST declares the age of SMS-based 2-factor authentication over | TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/25/nist-declares-the-age-of-sms-based-2-factor-authentication-over/)**
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> 2-factor authentication is a great thing to have, and more and more services are making it a standard feature. But one of the go-to methods for sending 2FA notifications, SMS, is being left in the dust by the National Institute of Standards and...

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