Re:iOS 17 app sideloading might only be available in Europe
by SSLy on Sunday April 23, 2023 @09:37AM
(#35676129)
I have Orange Flex. I can just install the app on a new phone, login with email, and have new eSIM issued and installed within a minute.
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Re:iOS 17 app sideloading might only be available in Europe
by counttheforks on Sunday April 23, 2023 @10:49AM
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Sounds like it would be trivial to compromise your phone number and sms 2fa
Re:iOS 17 app sideloading might only be available in Europe
by SSLy on Sunday April 23, 2023 @01:05PM
(#35678110)
How so? The carrier can issue new SIMs anyway, nothing I can help about, it's a trust or get fucked system.
Password to Flex itself is in my 1password db. If that gets compromised I'd have way bigger problems than cloned phone number.
Re:iOS 17 app sideloading might only be available in Europe
by reinsdyr on Sunday April 23, 2023 @10:55AM
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Not everyone has that option. For my carrier I have to call them and ask if they can help me set up esim each time because I can't do it myself. And each time it takes at least 30 minutes. Plus I just don't trust esim yet, it hasn't been able to shine as a technology. Give it a few years, I'm all for esim, but we have to make the switch gradually. Give me both for now and keep physical sims alive for the next 7+ years to get everyone onboard. By then the process for getting an esim will have gotten waaay smoother.
Re:iOS 17 app sideloading might only be available in Europe
by theodric on Sunday April 23, 2023 @03:59PM
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Lucky for you, but I don't have that option. I also like having the ability to move a SIM between my 5G CPE and my phone. Not gonna replace a 2 year old, €700 CPE just to try and chase eSIM dreams.
Re:iOS 17 app sideloading might only be available in Europe
by zaphirplane on Sunday April 23, 2023 @07:49PM
(#35681957)
That also makes it easy for a hacker to steal you phone number