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Re:Living without a SIM card by koolba on Sunday February 09, 2020 @11:04AM (#22282713)
> Why would they care if a number they don't what get disabled?

If you gave it as a security contact number to a financial institution you’d care if it was disabled.

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Re:Living without a SIM card by xorcist on Sunday February 09, 2020 @11:47AM (#22282952)
Especially since the number will generally be recycled and given to someone else ...
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Re:Living without a SIM card by funnybeam on Monday February 10, 2020 @02:24PM (#22292288)
Eventually. Old numbers are held out of use for, I think, five years before being reissued specifically to address security and privacy issues like this
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