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That introduces the problem of someone getting a new phone number. If the previous user had it tied to pin+signal it means that the number is essentially blackl
by interestica 7y ago
That introduces the problem of someone getting a new phone number. If the previous user had it tied to pin+signal it means that the number is essentially blacklisted.
- JeremyNT 7y agoThe PIN lock expires after 7 days unless you re-auth, so this is only a temporary inconvenience.
- tialaramex 7y agoIf you get a new phone number the week after a prolific phone user lost it, I'm guessing that would be super annoying already? "Hello? No, this isn't Dave, he got a different number. No I don't know what it is. No this isn't a prank, please stop calling" As a result I would imagine that unless the network is absolutely clean out of numbers (which they try hard to avoid) it will just never reuse numbers in such a short period. The only way somebody else has the number while the PIN is valid is that they're attacking you, which a PIN blocks. So my guess would be that this ends up not being a problem in reality, it worried me right up until I read the expiry mechanism and then I went oh, that makes sense.
- interestica 7y agoHa! True. Well, a less prolific number may not get all the calls. I've seen first hand how numbers can be reused fairly quickly (months). (This was in the Caribbean). A 7 day pin expiry? I need to look at more details here because I can definitely go 7 days without using my phone. Or, I've travelled abroad and used a local SIM while my "home sim" was never in use for the duration of the stay. (But I kept the ID number on whatsapp/signal/telegram).