πŸ“²SMS and Other Web2 Providers

The MVP of Obi Multikey uses Twilio for SMS keys. This is a possible point of failure, vulnerable to:

  • Twilio Terms of Service updates

  • Legal actions

  • Compromised Twilio staff

  • Compromised Twilio infrastructure

  • Carrier rate limiting or blocking

  • SMS incompatibilities on certain networks

To remedy this, first, Obi will maintain fallback providers other than Twilio.

Once ready, Obi Service Providers will provide this service instead, preventing Obi as a company or Obi staff from being a single point of failure. See Obi Service Providers.

Similar improvement strategies are planned for other key types requiring web2 services, such as Telegram, WhatsApp, and voice authentication.

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