On Sunday, 29 March 2020 11:33:39 AM AEDT Mark Trickett via luv-main wrote:
This is not the Android, or app store, but someone spoofing your identity to contact a phone connection provider, and have your number moved to someone else, like between Optus and Vodaphone, or Optus and Telstra. Having done so, they can get access to everything on the phone, and bank accounts have been stripped.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/tag/sim-swap/ Brian Krebs has some good articles on this topic (all his articles are worth reading). That is only a security problem if you use a phone number for things related to security. Don't use SMS as your 2FA, use a hardware device or an Android app (Googles GAuth or Microsoft Authenticator for example). Also don't have your security based on someone calling you on your mobile phone.
This is why I want the sim and device locked to the one network, until I present in person with sufficient ID to then choose to migrate. I do
Is this something that Australian providers can do? A SIM used for a 3G Wifi hotspot device will have a phone number and can be used to receive calls and SMS if you know the number. There is no functional difference between a phone used as a Wifi hotspot and a 3G Wifi dedicated device. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/