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Is there some mobile provider that has a way higher standard of security? Something like "Cloudflare for SIM"
by fheld 7y ago
Is there some mobile provider that has a way higher standard of security? Something like "Cloudflare for SIM"
- scarface74 7y agoNo. The issue is partially that while social engineering countermeasures that could help prevent sim swaps could be helped by better training and more rigorous security checks, there are actually bad actors who are employees of the carriers who can be paid off to switch SIMs.
- iNate2000 7y agoI noticed that author assumed he couldn't call 611 and took how long to contact via alternate phones. I'm pretty sure 611 works without a SIM card.
- vectorEQ 7y agono sim is no calls or sms. however, an inactive sim is allowed to call 611 (or provider equivalent) , 911(or local equivalent) and a few such emergency numbers generally. You do need the sim to be in working order and in the device. but it does not need to be activated.
- maxerickson 7y agoHow would the phone know which network to 611?
- Rychard 7y agoI would expect it to work for a carrier-branded device even with no SIM card, unless the device has been flashed with a stock firmware from the OEM. For a non-carrier-branded device though, perhaps the presence of a SIM card is required.
- jtokoph 7y agoGoogle Fi requires you to have access to your google account to port or sim swap your number. So if you have real 2FA you should be safer. I just had my AT&T sim swapped two weeks ago. According to police, the sim swappers are insiders at the telcos or have compromised corporate credentials and are logging into the telco admin portal and processing the swaps themselves. I’ve now switched to Google Fi. I’m banking on the assumption that Google doesn’t keep an admin portal open to the internet and that they don’t give sim swap/port access to employees that aren’t paid well enough to be willing to take a small bribe to swap the sims.