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Re:Android now lets you transfer eSIMs between your phones by lotsofpulp on Saturday January 27, 2024 @05:15AM (#39154281)
I thought the requirements were being a near minimum wage employee at mobile network store (in the US) or a call center employee.

Which is usually how SMS 2FA are stolen, and no one is liable for the consequences.

Which means SMS 2FA is pretty low security. Convenient for most, but secure? Hardly.

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Re:Android now lets you transfer eSIMs between your phones by Aerbil313 on Sunday January 28, 2024 @02:38PM (#39169047)
Where I live all phone numbers are tied to national ID. When you are getting a new phone number you need to provide your ID card which has a chip and it is read by a device in order to tie the number to your ID for the phone number to be activated. I assume some cryptographic signing scheme is in action.
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