![]() Service providers earn over Rs 200 million annually from OTPs. With the increasing use of OTP for security, it has also become a new source of income for the telecom service providers. He said the telecom company is doing ‘filtering’ after the increase in OTP bypass incidents. However, he clarified that so far no such OTP has been issued from the telecom number. Along with the risk of breach of privacy, it also impacts the income from OTPs,’ he said. Nepal Telecom spokesperson Shovan Adhikari said the risk of accessing user’s data with OTP bypass would also result in loss of revenue for the service provider. ![]() Some time back he himself had said that when he logged into Gmail, he was in a dilemma whether to use it or not after receiving OTP from Nepal mobile number. 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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