Smartphone makers will soon face an unlikely competitor. Concerns about the impact of social media are driving demand for old-school Nokia brick-like handsets…
Smartphone makers will soon face an unlikely competitor. Concerns about the impact of social media are driving demand for old-school Nokia brick-like handsets…
I understand what you’re saying. But the reality is everything you just said doesn’t matter for SIM swapping. The fact that you use the phone number for that service says that the number you use is out in the wild. Typically when SIM swapping is used is when there’s a data breach and your username, email, password, and phone number are leaked. But they still can’t get in because of the extra 2FA step.
So they HAVE that phone number. SIM swapping is done at the carrier level. It’s when the associated number is “swapped” to a different SIM card (one that the hackers own). Which means you can get totally screwed over without lifting a finger and not a single person touching your computer or phone.
Like I said before, the damage to you would be done before you even knew what happened.
Edit: autocorrect
Edit 2: and yes, I understand many services have no other options than SMS, which is why it’s such a huge massive problem.