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I feel like a time delay would help with this too. If it takes an extra 24 hours and you get notifications by SMS and email during that period with the chance t
by ninjaoxygen 7y ago
I feel like a time delay would help with this too. If it takes an extra 24 hours and you get notifications by SMS and email during that period with the chance to call "fraud" it stops most of these attacks which take control of e-mail and phone simultaneously.
I get that makes life much more difficult when you are travelling and have your phone (and therefore SIM) stolen, but given the severity of the current issues it seems minimal disruption. You get a burner phone for 24 hours?
- floatboth 7y agoPorting takes over a week in Russia. You get a new SIM instantly, but it has a temporary number. Then you get notifications via SMS on your old SIM, you usually get a call from your old carrier trying to get you to stay, offering discounts and shit. Then after 7-14 days the new SIM gets the old number and the old SIM stops working. The U.S. system sounds horrifically irresponsible. // Replacement with the same carrier is quick, but requires physical presence with government ID (passport)
- anticensor 7y agoSame in Turkey (takes 2-6 days), but you get your replacement SIM after the transfer is cleared, you still use your old carrier and SIM during porting porting. Old one simply gets inoperable by a remote command.
- floatboth 7y agoYeah, you can use the old SIM during porting here too, but you can also use the new one with a temp number.
- celticninja 7y agoIn the UK it is usually 24-48 hours but both numbers gets texts about the impending switch to a new SIM.
- matwood 7y ago> I feel like a time delay would help with this too. It used to take a long time and the carriers caught grief for making it hard for people to port out to another carrier.
- snarf21 7y agoThat's the problem. We are lazy and demanding. We want an exact replacement phone in 10 minutes. This is a consequence.