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Their stated rationale for doing this is to reduce the incidents of SIM/number hijacking. Speaking as a South African who in 2019 ported my number to a differe
by jonathanlydall 4y ago
Their stated rationale for doing this is to reduce the incidents of SIM/number hijacking.
Speaking as a South African who in 2019 ported my number to a different service provider, this was the SMS (verbatim) I received when I ported my number:
> MTN has received a request to port your number. If this is incorrect, please reply 1 to this SMS within 45 minutes.
Which I (and I expect most people reading this) consider a terrifyingly bad process. What if for some reason I didn't see my messages for an hour, or was on a flight or something?
Assuming the process hasn't changed, then there are much less drastic options they can look into first.
- GekkePrutser 4y agoAlso: "1"?? At least make it a different code every time. Before looking at biometrics they should first fix the regular processes..
- weird-eye-issue 4y ago> At least make it a different code every time. Why?
- homero 4y agoIf somehow you can send a spoofed reply to that number you'd have to guess the code
- jodrellblank 4y agoWhy would someone want to spoof a “do not port the number” message? It’s 1 to cancel not 1 to approve.
- GekkePrutser 4y agoOh good point, I didn't notice that. But that makes it even worse. It should require a confirmation, not offer a cancellation. I was confused because that's how it works here.
- dbetteridge 4y agoEven better. OPT IN not OPT OUT Ask the person to confirm they wish to proceed and get them to send a pre-arranged code that was given when requesting the port.