• 9point6@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Are you saying that I can immediately, online, get my existing number connected to a different handset?

    Yes, that’s exactly how it works

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      9 months ago

      What prevents someone else from doing that at any point, taking over my number? Is the only authentication a simple login to the mobile provider’s website?

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        9 months ago

        If SIM swapping is your concern, know that it is just as simple to do with physical SIMs. It’s not like your phone number is hardcoded to that one card alone. The phone company can easily move your number around. Literally anything you’d want to do with a physical SIM you can do with an eSIM. Some very niche situations may be easier with a physical one but over all it’s a much nicer experience with eSims

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          9 months ago

          Literally anything you’d want to do with a physical SIM you can do with an eSIM.

          No. There is no reason for you to blatantly LIE. It is NOT possible for the consumer to switch to using a borrowed or backup handset, when there is no physical token. How on earth do you think that contradicting actual reality is an argument?

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            9 months ago

            Lol did you even read the article, or title of the article XD you absolutely can switch them between phones. Am I being trolled?

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              9 months ago

              Lol did you even read the article

              Yes. This whole sub-thread is about when your old phone is broken. You’re not being trolled, you didn’t read properly.

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            9 months ago

            Yes, it is possible. You use whatever the provider’s method is to download an eSIM to that device. Usually it’s logging into their app or calling their support to register the IMEI or whatever.

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        9 months ago

        You trust your carrier to not give your number away today, right? Many providers allow a number migration code to be generated from their website, protected by just their authentication.

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          9 months ago

          The fact that carriers have poor security today isn’t an argument for discontinuing the part of the system that still allows the consumer to be in control. It’s an argument against it.

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            9 months ago

            I’m not actually saying they have poor security, authentication is authentication, you need to be able to trust your carrier regardless of if your SIM is physical or an eSIM. I’m saying the two approaches are essentially equivalent.

            You’re aware your provider can turn your current SIM into a piece of inert plastic via a migration access code. That’s what I just described.

            Whether it’s physical or software, your carrier has 100% control. You cannot do anything your carrier doesn’t want you to with it.