Protection against Sim swapping fraud

Could using eOS have prevented this?

https://news.stv.tv/scotland/scots-arrested-after-sim-swapping-attacks-on-us-celebrities?top

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Seems unlikely. I think the only thing that could prevent the sim swap is more vigilance on the part of the carriers. What could mitigate it is not using apps that require a phone number as ID.

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Only way I found is to use Kaspersky Android suite, which includes SIM-change lock protection.
But it comes with some other inconveniences :wink:

I don’t think Kaspersky would help. It is entirely different thing. They are basically pretending to have your SIM card, so no fixing it

You’re right, it’s the other way.
My bad :frowning: