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Yes, Paypal is bad, they took away their support for the Symantec 2FA codes and forced users in many countries to use SMS instead. This is pretty easy for the
by RachelF 7y ago
Yes, Paypal is bad, they took away their support for the Symantec 2FA codes and forced users in many countries to use SMS instead.
This is pretty easy for the telco to prevent, though. Your existing telco should simply phone you and ask if you wish to leave them before letting the number get ported out.
Note that all telcos will prevent the number being ported out if you owe them any money on the account.
- mehrdadn 7y ago> Note that all telcos will prevent the number being ported out if you owe them any money on the account. Wait really? Is there a way to force yourself to perpetually owe them a small amount of money then? Could be really worth the money.
- cortesoft 7y agoAn attacker could just pay the balance.
- mehrdadn 7y agoSeems like a decent hurdle to make an attacker jump through? Given they'd want the payment to be untraceable etc.
- Spare_account 7y agoThis wouldn't prevent a SIM port attack (which is what occurred in the article). You don't leave your provider so account status isn't a factor. The comment you replied to appears to be discussing porting a number to a different provider which is very different and doesn't happen same-day.
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- Spare_account 7y agoYou appear to be discussing porting a number from one provider to another but the attack in the article (and being discussed in the thread up to this point) is based on moving the number to another SIM within the same provider).