Beaver [she/her]@lemmy.ca to British Columbia@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 months agoB.C. court rules 'SIM swap' theft victim can't sue phone companymessage-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up124arrow-down1message-squareB.C. court rules 'SIM swap' theft victim can't sue phone companyBeaver [she/her]@lemmy.ca to British Columbia@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBeaver [she/her]@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoAny ideas of how we can prevent his as consumers?
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-24 months agoDon’t use sms 2fa if you can avoid it. If you add OTP 2fa, be sure to remove sms backup. Literally change banks if they don’t provide a non sms way. Some might not do OTP but they do have 2fa via the app. Buy 2 yubikey (or 3) and protect everything you can with it, but most importantly your email as breaking into your email gets them into too much Leave negative feedback on apps and services that only allow sms 2fa
minus-squareBeaver [she/her]@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThank you for the advice I just ordered yubikeys. Gotta stay safe out there.
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoAwesome! I just want to double check, you did get at least 2? It’s important to have a backup one in case you lose one as it’s not like an OTP code you get a backup code for.
minus-squareBeaver [she/her]@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoYeah I got more than one. It’s good to have redundancy.
Any ideas of how we can prevent his as consumers?
Don’t use sms 2fa if you can avoid it.
If you add OTP 2fa, be sure to remove sms backup.
Literally change banks if they don’t provide a non sms way. Some might not do OTP but they do have 2fa via the app.
Buy 2 yubikey (or 3) and protect everything you can with it, but most importantly your email as breaking into your email gets them into too much
Leave negative feedback on apps and services that only allow sms 2fa
Thank you for the advice I just ordered yubikeys. Gotta stay safe out there.
Awesome! I just want to double check, you did get at least 2?
It’s important to have a backup one in case you lose one as it’s not like an OTP code you get a backup code for.
Yeah I got more than one. It’s good to have redundancy.