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		mikelward on June 17, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SIM swap horror story: I've lost decades of data a... The article doesn't say if the user had two-factor authentication set up. I guess it's implied they used SMS as the second factor. This would happen with any email provider. So the fix isn't changing email provider, it's using a more secure second factor, e.g. U2F.

yellowapple on June 17, 2019 [–]

Right, but at least with a different email provider it's infinitely more likely to get actual support if this happens.

UncleMeat on June 17, 2019 | [–]

"I don't remember my password and I have a new phone, can you help me" is precisely how attackers do sim swaps in the first place.

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