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This seems like it's already a serious and growing problem. It might be best to take a two-pronged approach of quickly implementing process requirements that ma
by mrandish 7y ago
This seems like it's already a serious and growing problem. It might be best to take a two-pronged approach of quickly implementing process requirements that make such swaps harder for crooks while working to come up with a longer-term technological solution.
It's crazy that a minimum-wage retail mobile store employee is the weak link in a system that protects almost everyone's financial assets from banking and investment accounts to credit cards and crypto-currencies.
- throwawayatt 7y agoI purchased an unlocked iPhone recently from Apple and decided to swap my AT&T SIM to the built in eSIM so that I could free the physical slot while traveling. I walked into an official AT&T store, told the guy what I wanted and within 10min or so I was on my way out. At no point did he ask me to verify any info on the account, he didn't ask for an ID, my name, send a verification text, or even ask for the old SIM. All I gave him was the phone number I wanted ported to the eSIM, and the corresponding IMEI from my phone.
- ThePowerOfFuet 7y agoYou might want to rethink being an AT&T customer.