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Most carriers, including T-Mobile, support a "NOPORT" feature to disallow porting your phone number: https://www.vice.com/en/article/ywa3dv/t-mobile-has-a-secr
by arkadiyt 5y ago
Most carriers, including T-Mobile, support a "NOPORT" feature to disallow porting your phone number:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/ywa3dv/t-mobile-has-a-secret-setting-to-protect-your-account-from-hackers-that-it-refuses-to-talk-about https://www.vice.com/en/article/ywa3dv/t-mobile-has-a-secret...
- toast0 5y agoI can't figure out how to get these enabled for prepaid accounts (t-mobile and verizon). And I'm not going to switch to post paid for 2-3x the cost just for this. I'm already paying extra to use carrier prepaid instead of an MVNO.
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- netsec_burn 5y agoWhen you say most carriers, which ones are you specifically referring to?
- rafale 5y agoAll of them practically. I think at the beginning the feature was mostly used for celebrities and public figures. But I think it should become the default. The main reason it's not, in my understanding, is because of a federal telecom law that states it should be easy to transfer phone numbers across providers.
- post_break 5y agoT-Mobile is a joke about that though. So many reports of people having that on their account and still getting it ported.
- rl3 5y agoI was told that this was no longer a thing at T-Mobile. However, reps can still add notes to your file indicating to not port unless you're physically present with a valid ID. That doesn't cover ports conducted online via unauthorized account access, though. Adding a similar note prohibiting account recovery assistance unless physically present is a good idea as well.