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Have a separate sim/phone dedicated to 2fa. Send test sms to yourself at least twice a day
by jrootabega 5y ago
Have a separate sim/phone dedicated to 2fa.
Send test sms to yourself at least twice a day
- b3morales 5y agoCould you elaborate? What makes the secondary one more secure than the first one?
- dmitrygr 5y agoNobody knows about it. Sim swappers will attack your number. The one they know.
- jrootabega 5y agoThey may be able to bribe phone company employees to look you up by name, but you'd at least be blocking one route of compromise
- dmitrygr 5y agoWhich company? :)
- jrootabega 5y agoAll of them, probably
- QuarterReptile 5y agoSomething prepaid.
- sneak 5y agoYou can get phone service anonymously in the USA.
- Zircom 5y agoHaving a separate number/SIM solely for 2fa makes it harder for attackers to know the number they need to initiate a simswap in the first place, since it won't be publicly associated with you the same way your normal phone number is, like being listed on your LinkedIn or resume, or obtained from a social media or other account info leak, or able to be socially engineered or phished out of friends/family.
- b3morales 5y agoAll good points, thank you.