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SIM swappers have adapted their attacks to steal a target's phone number by porting it into a new eSIM card, a digital SIM stored in a rewritable chip present on many recent smartphone models.

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[-] scytale@lemm.ee 21 points 7 months ago

SMS 2FA needs to die. It’s infuriating that a lot of banks still rely on sms.

[-] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 months ago

I can't use my shitty banks shitty app because I refuse to use Googles shitty android skin. So I have to use shitty SMS because they don't support any other authentication

[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 4 points 7 months ago

Man, that's shitty.

[-] kid@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago

Hear, hear!

this post was submitted on 15 Mar 2024
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