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I talked to my cell phone provider and asked them if there was anything they could do to prevent transfering of my number. They said the best they could do was
by phire 8y ago
I talked to my cell phone provider and asked them if there was anything they could do to prevent transfering of my number.
They said the best they could do was to add a note to my file to check id in store before transferring.
This is better than nothing, but relies on the CS representative actually seeing the note on my file. Even then, there might be ways around it.
And more importantly, it does noting to stop someone asking another provider to port my number to them. Apparently Inter-provider ports are all automated and there is nothing anyone could do to stop it.
- narrator 8y agoRunning it through google voice will make it subject to your google 2fa.
- davchana 8y agoCould you please elaborate about google thing you mentioned? I am interested in making my ATT sim morr secure..
- zimbatm 8y agoIt replaces the SMS 2FA with a Google prompt app on the phone for Gmail verification. So it doesn't make the SIM more secure but the SIM get hacked it doesn't allow the attacker to gain access to Gmail.
- narrator 8y agoAlso if your public SMS reset number is in google voice, a hacker can't port it off of Google easily because you need to log into your google account to port it, which requires 2fa. They have to figure out your real number, but you never give that out to anyone or you just use google hangouts SMS instead of forwarding text messages to your insecure phone.
- im3w1l 8y ago> Apparently Inter-provider ports are all automated and there is nothing anyone could do to stop it. "Phone number" is truly the most dysfunctional social network.