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Untrue. Particularly in emerging economies where prepaid is much more common, it’s quite normal for people whose phone becomes unavailable to just buy a new one
by loloquwowndueo 6y ago
Untrue. Particularly in emerging economies where prepaid is much more common, it’s quite normal for people whose phone becomes unavailable to just buy a new one with an entirely new number and just tell everyone their number has changed.
- gruez 6y agoemerging economies don't have number porting?
- loloquwowndueo 6y agoThey do, but a lot of people don’t bother and just get a new number along with the new phone.
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- weird-eye-issue 6y agoThen they wouldn't use their temporary number for 2FA. But for a lot of people they have their number for decades and are not going to suddenly lose it as easily as you can drop your phone into the ocean.