On Sunday, 29 March 2020 11:33:39 AM AEDT Mark Trickett via luv-main wrote: > This is not the Android, or app store, but someone spoofing your > identity to contact a phone connection provider, and have your number > moved to someone else, like between Optus and Vodaphone, or Optus and > Telstra. Having done so, they can get access to everything on the > phone, and bank accounts have been stripped.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/tag/sim-swap/ Brian Krebs has some good articles on this topic (all his articles are worth reading). That is only a security problem if you use a phone number for things related to security. Don't use SMS as your 2FA, use a hardware device or an Android app (Googles GAuth or Microsoft Authenticator for example). Also don't have your security based on someone calling you on your mobile phone. > This is why I want the sim and device locked to the one network, until > I present in person with sufficient ID to then choose to migrate. I do Is this something that Australian providers can do? A SIM used for a 3G Wifi hotspot device will have a phone number and can be used to receive calls and SMS if you know the number. There is no functional difference between a phone used as a Wifi hotspot and a 3G Wifi dedicated device. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] https://lists.luv.asn.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luv-main
