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Exactly this. Here in Israel, SMS is used extensively as part of a multi-factor authentication system. I also require my National ID. To move my phone number (
by cik 5y ago
Exactly this. Here in Israel, SMS is used extensively as part of a multi-factor authentication system. I also require my National ID.
To move my phone number (consent or not) between any phone companies requires an SMS, my National ID, and verification of my ID, and personal details in the government database.
SMS by itself is not secure.
- 2rsf 5y agoAnd still numbers are being hijacked even in Israel [1], and even in Sweden, where I live now, I swept my SIM without my ID being properly checked [1] https://www.gov.il/he/departments/news/sim https://www.gov.il/he/departments/news/sim
- cik 5y agoAbsolutely. This is the problem - it's not the ideal method.
- tinus_hn 5y agoYou can’t control some random guy in a provider store giving out a new sim for your account, whether maliciously or because they were deceived.