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What’s the advantage of eSIM over a physical SIM card?

iPhone 11

Posted on Nov 7, 2022 12:32 PM

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Posted on Nov 7, 2022 1:07 PM

tlariviere:


A “biggie” is that if you loose your phone, the thieves can’t remove and use the SIM for nefarious activities …


… or attempt to phish one’s creds for months after a user had moved their number to a replacement device.


(Although SIM PINs did this all along, they were more for “techies” and not exactly “user friendly” for the masses)


And for those users who unnecessarily have configured their mobile device’s number as a “Trusted Number” the thieves can no longer receive 2FA codes sent to the SIM.


Also … many carriers now allow you to move your own eSIM to other devices thru their web management system; something very helpful in getting one’s phone number back under their rightful control post-loss.


For example, if I lost my phone, I could within a few minutes transfer my number to my wife’s device - as a 2nd eSIM number - to allow me continuity of voice comms.

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Nov 7, 2022 1:07 PM in response to Phil0124

tlariviere:


A “biggie” is that if you loose your phone, the thieves can’t remove and use the SIM for nefarious activities …


… or attempt to phish one’s creds for months after a user had moved their number to a replacement device.


(Although SIM PINs did this all along, they were more for “techies” and not exactly “user friendly” for the masses)


And for those users who unnecessarily have configured their mobile device’s number as a “Trusted Number” the thieves can no longer receive 2FA codes sent to the SIM.


Also … many carriers now allow you to move your own eSIM to other devices thru their web management system; something very helpful in getting one’s phone number back under their rightful control post-loss.


For example, if I lost my phone, I could within a few minutes transfer my number to my wife’s device - as a 2nd eSIM number - to allow me continuity of voice comms.

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