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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1848027" data-attributes="member: 396914">I have 2FA turned on, and in the profile where I put the telephone number to use for the 2FA I have both my number and my wife's number listed. For her iCloud account she has both hers and mine listed as well. So, whenever the 2FA for either of us is invoked, both of us get the code. And given that my iPad and  Watch are also listed devices, along with my MBP, when I get a code I get it in 6 places--my iPhone, her iPhone, my iPad, my  Watch, my MBP, and her MBP. Ditto for any code she gets. So if a SIM swap is attempted on my iPhone, or hers, the other will get the code, realize what is going on and be able to block it by denying the attempt. And even if the bad guy is faster than we are at denying the attempt, we can get to the account from the other trusted devices and change everything to block it from that phone. So, if you have more than one  device, use them all as part of the 2FA security process. Do that and the SIM swap fraud risk goes down.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1848027, member: 396914"] I have 2FA turned on, and in the profile where I put the telephone number to use for the 2FA I have both my number and my wife's number listed. For her iCloud account she has both hers and mine listed as well. So, whenever the 2FA for either of us is invoked, both of us get the code. And given that my iPad and  Watch are also listed devices, along with my MBP, when I get a code I get it in 6 places--my iPhone, her iPhone, my iPad, my  Watch, my MBP, and her MBP. Ditto for any code she gets. So if a SIM swap is attempted on my iPhone, or hers, the other will get the code, realize what is going on and be able to block it by denying the attempt. And even if the bad guy is faster than we are at denying the attempt, we can get to the account from the other trusted devices and change everything to block it from that phone. So, if you have more than one  device, use them all as part of the 2FA security process. Do that and the SIM swap fraud risk goes down. [/QUOTE]

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