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Yea, I'm not sure about the US, but a few friends have had their stolen phones immediately used to contact everyone on whatsapp asking for money, sim swapped an
by mickelsen 3y ago
Yea, I'm not sure about the US, but a few friends have had their stolen phones immediately used to contact everyone on whatsapp asking for money, sim swapped and tried access for all possible 2FAs on socials, banking, whatever they can get a hold of within the same day. For something so easy to set up as FDE on a computer, or a SIM pin in addition to the phone's passcode (to prevent them from accessing the mobile network, which I forever dismissed but after seeing how they operate I started adding the pin as well), it's a no brainer really.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 3y agoThis is the first I have ever heard of a SIM pin. Which seems like a no brainier to configure, so definitely going to do that this weekend.
- Dma54rhs 3y agoDoesnt it come by default on everywhere? Often with a weak 1234 code but nevertheless.
- mickelsen 3y agoYeah, back then I thought in the lines of "well whatever if they call people with it, what are they gonna get? Minutes off my plan?" But that was at a time when we didn't have so much tied to a phone number, or I could still opt out of it, which I did for years.