Re: [** UTF-8 charset **] Re: [New post] Scam of the day – June 13, 2016 – The lesson of the hacking of Deray Mckesson’s smartphone

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We should look into providing a PIN with Credo for access.

 > From: http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)
 > Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 11:10:16 -0700
 >
 >  > From: Flora  <http://www.gmail.com/~flora>
 >  > Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 13:43:21 -0400
 >  >
 >  > Please remember the importance of two factor authentication and
 >  > password/pin for your phone.
 > 
 > I disagree with the conclusion about Deray Mckesson's story.  I think the
 > better conclusion is that, if given an option, the second form of
 > authentication should be an email address.  It's a lot harder to use
 > social engineering (in this case, convincing Verizon about changing SIM
 > cards) with email providers.
 > 
 >  > On Jun 12, 2016 8:49 PM, "Scamicide" <http://www.wordpress.com/~donotreply> wrote:
 >  > > TIPS
 >  > >
 >  > > Fortunately, there is an
 >  > > easy way to enhance your security to protect your SIM card from being
 >  > > switched thereby thwarting the protections provided by dual factor
 >  > > authentication and that is to set up a PIN or password to be used for
 >  > > access to your mobile service provider account.  Sprint and Verizon use
 >  > > PINs while T-Mobile and AT&T will let you set up a password.  It may seem
 >  > > like these are just more things to remember, but the protection they
 >  > > provide is worth it.