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Re:Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card s... by ksec on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @10:14AM (#29714487)
And from my understanding, these social engineering and sim swap problems are mostly ( if not all ) US specific. I have never heard anything near the order of magnitude of US sim swap from any other country. Most countries have Personal ID that are required and issued by government as verification. But even places like UK will require address and Driving License / Passport proof along with security questions.
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Re:Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card s... by Nextgrid on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @10:23AM (#29714577)
> But even places like UK will require address and Driving License / Passport proof along with security questions.

I was a phone store monkey in the UK a few years back and a dedicated attacker can absolutely bypass this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29714400

I can only assume it's not more common because other scams are more profitable and/or not enough targets (banks, etc) use SMS 2FA as their only method of authentication so a SIM swap wouldn't give you much.

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