About SIM Swaps

About SIM Swaps

Author: Daily Tech News Show April 27, 2023 Duration: 12:30

You may have heard that using text messages  as a second factor or 2FA code to protect your logins is less secure than other forms like apps or keys. You may even know this is because of something called SIM Swapping. Are there any legitimate uses/functions to swapping/cloning?


Featuring Tom Merritt.


Full episode transcript here.


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