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		notyourday on April 6, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PayPal and Venmo are still letting SIM swappers hi... I've started using a dual sim phone with a second number that I do not give out to anyone being used for companies that insist on SMS authentication.

mcsniff on April 7, 2020 [–]

Be sure to enable a SIM PIN on it, in the event that it's stolen/taken an attacker can't simply put the SIM in a new device to request the code.

notyourday on April 7, 2020 | [–]

I did not think of this. Thank you!

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