Tell HN: Locked out of Gmail account even after right password, recovery email

Re:Tell HN: Locked out of Gmail account even after right pas... by carlmr on Friday September 16, 2022 @05:17AM (#32863928)

So in Germany, you need to prove your identity to buy a SIM card. You can't really buy an anonymous phone, because every SIM card is tied to someone's identity.

This probably doesn't prevent SIM swapping entirely, but you will need to also steal the other SIM card you're swapping the number to.

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Re:Tell HN: Locked out of Gmail account even after right pas... by Semaphor on Friday September 16, 2022 @05:23AM (#32863971)

Ah, I guess I forgot about that. Yeah, you either need to intercept the new SIM sent to the original customer, or defeat the identification procedure. That adds quite the hurdle compared to countries that have no such requirements.

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Re:Tell HN: Locked out of Gmail account even after right pas... by account42 on Friday September 16, 2022 @06:50AM (#32864446)

At least for now you can still easily anonymously buy (activated) sims from other european countries.

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Re:Tell HN: Locked out of Gmail account even after right pas... by carlmr on Friday September 16, 2022 @07:46AM (#32864827)

But I think you can't use those for taking over a number in a SIM swap.

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