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Old Aug 17, 2022, 10:59 pm
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asovse1
 
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Originally Posted by WaytoomuchEurope

Glad it worked out, but now what?

also transition to app-based or hardware MFA if possible for that website, if you can afford to invest (in the rhythm or energy) in doing so

i learned yesterday that it's possible to call your carrier and block sim card porting (or at least have them verify that you want to port your number in the future). this is to prevent phone number hijacking, which as-is has little-to-no verifications of one's ownership of their phone number and the thief can steal your 2FA SMS messages before you get a chance to realize that your sim card has been de-activated. you might want to consider this in case you still need to use SMS/telephone 2FA for stuff like, ugh, the major banks, who are still living in 2010
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