I have set up a passcode on my cell phone plan so that supposedly I am safe from someone impersonating me, but I know social engineering is a thing. How feasible is it that someone could pressure workers into skipping the passcode verification for accessing my cell plan over the phone?
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Previously, M.Bazzle advocated for porting your number to Google Voice so it is protected behind an account name and password (and passkey/2FA if you enable them). You are not using them to call and SMS people and its primary use is to just receive SMS 2FA.
These days I am not so sure. Maybe someone can recommend alternatives?
I used to be with Public Mobile (in Canada) and currently with voipms. In order to port my number I need to reply to an sms within 45 minutes.
Neither of these providers have people to call nor a store to visit. Everything is done through their self-serve portals. No way to social engineer anyone.
With voipms, any criminal would need to get into my 2fa protected account to do a sim swap.