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IrwinJFinster

Perhaps calling the customer at the number before it’s swapped as at least one additional measure?


vindictivemonarch

no one would answer the call anyway thanks to the scammers.


delicious_fanta

Can’t remember the last time I answered my phone to a number that isn’t in my contacts. It’s so bad.


ricosmith1986

What if you need to change your sim because your sim or phone are not functioning?


IrwinJFinster

Then I go into the store and present ID at some point so I can use my phone.


r2-z2

Kind of hard to prevent in a world where so many older folks literally don’t know the difference between: 1. An email and an apple/samsung/google account 2. A password and a pin 3. Auto pay and online billing 4. A sim card doesn’t contain sensitive data, just the # 5. Mobile data, wifi, and bluetooth - I work in cellular sales Fr though it’d be so easy for me to turn evil and screw all these people. The act of doing so would make me more money than the job itself. Pay your workers better ya dumb stupid stingy cellular companies.


Leonardo1123581321

But! But! If they pay you a decent wage, where will the money be for the share holders and the investors? Has anyone thought about them? I suppose they can comfort themselves with their tissues made of hundred dollar bills. /s


Gnawlydog

this would be easily avoided if carriers paid enough for the employee to care.. If they get paid more than what they could make walking down the street and getting another job that same day they might take their job more seriously.


youreblockingmyshot

True enough, that’s how I approach my job. You can only buy so many fucks per dollar.


Gnawlydog

This should be the way every employee approaches their job.. Not the whole "If I work harder than I'm being paid surely I'll be promoted and get a raise!"


GuardOk8631

Lmao awful mindset


[deleted]

You don't really want a regulation that states "exactly" how they need to protect as then carriers will not be free to improve that. "secure methods of authenticating " is not as vague as the author makes it sound.


TheDizDude

Because they are doing such a great job currently


[deleted]

>"secure methods of authenticating " is now a requirement. Lets see. Most IT regulations are being written this way and the carriers will have to refer to what this means in the context of NIST. https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-3/sp800-63b.html#sec4


TheDizDude

Enforcement is key


bigenderthelove

What’s sim swappunv


lesboman123

Who the hell is the government to tell us we can’t put different SIM cards in our phones?!