Article 3RNZJ It's really easy to steal your cellphone number, and that's a gateway to stealing everything else

It's really easy to steal your cellphone number, and that's a gateway to stealing everything else

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Cory Doctorow
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Consumer Reports covers cellphone identity theft, which includes taking out cellphone accounts in your name and using them to establish credit that can be leveraged to get credit-cards and loans in your name; and to steal your cellphone numbers and hijack your other accounts by intercepting two-factor authentication texts from your bank and other services. (more")

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