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Another thing to keep in mind is that most phones will display the content of SMS messages on the lock screen, even if the phone is locked. That means that if y
by gregschlom 10y ago
Another thing to keep in mind is that most phones will display the content of SMS messages on the lock screen, even if the phone is locked. That means that if your phone is stolen, hackers can easily take control of accounts such as PayPal that use SMS verification as the only way of establishing one's identity.
This exact scenario happened last week to a friend of mine, I wrote a little article about it: http://gregschlom.com/misc/2017/01/29/hacking-paypal-accounts.html http://gregschlom.com/misc/2017/01/29/hacking-paypal-account...
- alexdumitru 10y agoThat's one of the first things I setup on my Android phones. You can see that I have notifications, but not their content.
- atom-morgan 10y agoI would guess a surprisingly large percentage of smartphone users aren't aware this is an option.
- franciscop 10y agoExactly the same here and I am sure any privacy-aware person will do the same.
- djsumdog 10y agoThat really needs to be the default.
- ReverseCold 10y agoOn Android, it asks you when you set your passcode for the first time. Super fragmented, but Nexus 5X had it.
- emiliobumachar 10y agoMy Sony Xperia also asked me at lock screen configuration. I could choose either way, but could not ignore the question.
- alexdumitru 10y agoGalaxy S7 asks you too. I remember now that you said it.
- Philip_with1L 10y agoAgreed. It's usually buried in the device settings and also in Messenger and Hangouts. Signal gives you a few different options as well. But it should be more visible to all users, not just those of us that dig through settings.
- captncraig 10y agoBut if you have the phone can't you just put the sim in another phone and read texts?
- et-al 10y agoIn countries outside the US, SIM cards generally require an unlock code when inserted into a new device.
- rahimnathwani 10y agoI've had SIM cards in 10+ countries outside North America. None of them came set to require a PIN on startup. I had to enable it.
- SmellyGeekBoy 10y agoFWIW, I'm in the UK and this is the first I've heard of this.
- captncraig 10y agoBut if you have the phone can't you just put the sim in another phone and read texts?
- hunter2_ 10y agoTrue, but possession per se, even if unauthorized, is what a "something you have" factor is all about. Adding a knowledge or biometric factor on top (your phone's unlock mechanism) is a bonus. Granted, the unauthorized porting issue makes it a faulty possession factor in the first place.