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Your mobile phone number might have been cloned [1] to impersonate you in two-factor authentication, password reset or other means of accessing your e-mail or t
by hu3 7y ago
Your mobile phone number might have been cloned [1] to impersonate you in two-factor authentication, password reset or other means of accessing your e-mail or twitter account.
This is a serious concern of mine and I'd love for a security expert to chime in and answer how can I prevent this from happening to me other than being insignificant enough that I'm not a worthy target?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phone_cloning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phone_cloning
- ballenf 7y agoThe common advice is to have a second phone number that isn't public if you have to use SMS as a 2nd factor. Like a Google voice number (assuming that's still around) or other virtual account.