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Genuinely curious about why you believe that. Carriers are notoriously sloppy with handling SIM swap attacks, while Google is notoriously hard to get into an ac
by guiambros 3y ago
Genuinely curious about why you believe that. Carriers are notoriously sloppy with handling SIM swap attacks, while Google is notoriously hard to get into an account (even your own, if you happen to lose your password or 2FA).
- egberts1 3y agoOne word: Backend.
- guiambros 3y ago> "One word: Backend." Sorry, I still don't get it. Telco's backend is a mess. It has a profusion of processes and frontend systems for customer service teams to interface with user records, which creates all sort of loopholes. Any sufficiently motivated attacker can pull a SIM swap attack, as it happens frequently, and the weak link is always a variation of: a clueless agent somewhere trying to help a poor "customer" who dropped their phone in the toilet, and needs to urgently to recover the number. Or are you suggesting that Google's GV backend is riskier than the carriers?
- yencabulator 3y agoActually, let's not mince words. SIM swap attacks are also enabled by literally criminal employees getting paid by other criminals for their access to the telco system.