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Re:Tell HN: Locked out of Gmail account even after right pas... by MattGaiser on Friday September 16, 2022 @03:54AM (#32863362)
https://www.enisa.europa.eu/news/enisa-news/beware-of-the-si...

Here is an EU article warning about it.

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Re:Tell HN: Locked out of Gmail account even after right pas... by Semaphor on Friday September 16, 2022 @05:20AM (#32863949)
According to the linked [0] report, of the two providers in Germany that were asked, one had 1-10 incidents, and one 11-30. In a year. So I guess those issues exist, it’s just a minority issue. The related German Wikipedia page [1] and almost all articles I can find also mainly talk about the USA. It seems you can usually add another required password for phone changes, but mainly it’s just not an issue. No ridiculously bureaucratic requirements, though.

[0]: https://www.enisa.europa.eu/publications/countering-sim-swap...

[1]: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIM-Swapping

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