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<blockquote data-quote="krs" data-source="post: 1848156" data-attributes="member: 67742">Well, not exactly.Used to be that cell phone users in Canada typically had to sign a 3-year contract and the phones were locked to the specific provider one had the contract with.People got upset being locked in for such a long time, they also felt that the providers were gouging and the fees were too high, so they put a lot of pressure on the government for change.Two key things that came out of that isa. All cell phones sold in Canada have to be unlocked, andb. One can very easily change from one cell phone provider to another at any time while retaining one's phone number<a href="https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/phone/mobile/num.htm" target="_blank">Switch Providers and Keep your Number | CRTC</a>It's the &quot;b&quot;part that has the potential of SIM Swap - people simply have too much information about themselves on the net and even if they are not on Facebook etc., there were enough breaches that compromised private personal information.One way I think would make SIM swap harder if there was some delay built into the process, say a couple of days where the current provider can verify with the existing customer that they actually initiated the provider change.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="krs, post: 1848156, member: 67742"] Well, not exactly. Used to be that cell phone users in Canada typically had to sign a 3-year contract and the phones were locked to the specific provider one had the contract with. People got upset being locked in for such a long time, they also felt that the providers were gouging and the fees were too high, so they put a lot of pressure on the government for change. Two key things that came out of that is a. All cell phones sold in Canada have to be unlocked, and b. One can very easily change from one cell phone provider to another at any time while retaining one's phone number [url=https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/phone/mobile/num.htm]Switch Providers and Keep your Number | CRTC[/url] It's the "b"part that has the potential of SIM Swap - people simply have too much information about themselves on the net and even if they are not on Facebook etc., there were enough breaches that compromised private personal information. One way I think would make SIM swap harder if there was some delay built into the process, say a couple of days where the current provider can verify with the existing customer that they actually initiated the provider change. [/QUOTE]

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