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Is it a good security measure to change your mobile number every once in a while?
#1

Is it a good security measure to change your mobile number every once in a while?

What do you guys think about changing your mobile number every few years (5+?) if you don't have any problems with changing it at the few business outlets or online accounts you may have?

It seems to me that doing something like this will make your past devices, which may be related to a mobile number/smartphone, much less low hanging fruit for people to historically sift through or currently track you at. Many people say that most people hold on to a mobile number longer than being at particular addresses, business or employment, etc.

They say the downside is new number with texts that the former user had about xyz, but most of us get garbage calls and texts at this point anyway, occasionally. I have a pretty low profile otherwise, not much 2 way verification setups that would be impacted, and feel like if I notified my address book it early on it would all be pretty easily maintained.

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#2

Is it a good security measure to change your mobile number every once in a while?

Sounds like a good idea, but rather than disrupt your life by having to change the number everywhere and tell everyone the new one, just get a burner number like Google Voice and hand that out to less-important people/websites/services.

Use your real cellular number for family and close friends.

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#3

Is it a good security measure to change your mobile number every once in a while?

If you have a low profile you shouldn't have to worry much about this. Most phone OS nowadays have the block or spam feature.

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#4

Is it a good security measure to change your mobile number every once in a while?

It's better to have multiple numbers and divide them up as so. I have 3 phone numbers, one is personal/friends, one is work, and one is a viop/app that I give to hoes and companies.

A stable number with a area code you want to hold on to it. Numbers get purged out of the system and good well known area codes as static and not everlasting with a fixed supply. Here in Toronto there is big demand for the classic 416 area code with people lining up to gain the few that come on-line evrey other day from being regenerated.
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#5

Is it a good security measure to change your mobile number every once in a while?

I changed my phone number recently because identity thieves wreaked havoc with my old one. Using my name, ssn and phone number, they called a rival cell provider and said they (I) wished to port my number to the new company. The new company was happy to oblige and the thieves then called my bank and said they lost their password and my bank sent a code to my phone # and I had no idea until I realized my phone was dead. It took me a few days to unravel and a few weeks later the thieves were able to do the same thing again, due to the laziness of my bank and tmobile. I asked tmobile, how can we stop this from happening? Their only solution was to change my account to a "no credit check" which disconnects your ssn from your account. The downside is that it makes you a third class citizen in the tmobile universe, no longer able to use autopay, and the worst part was I no longer had the seamless international usage, which was the main reason I switched to tmobile in the first place.

I realize this is a bit of a jumble so feel free to ask for clarification if you have specific questions. The bottom line is, my ssn is still out in the wild (probably along with everyone else what with all the hacking) so I changed my phone # to get a small layer of separation from id thieves.
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#6

Is it a good security measure to change your mobile number every once in a while?

Quote: (10-21-2018 04:10 PM)Duke Main Wrote:  

I changed my phone number recently because identity thieves wreaked havoc with my old one. Using my name, ssn and phone number, they called a rival cell provider and said they (I) wished to port my number to the new company. The new company was happy to oblige and the thieves then called my bank and said they lost their password and my bank sent a code to my phone # and I had no idea until I realized my phone was dead. It took me a few days to unravel and a few weeks later the thieves were able to do the same thing again, due to the laziness of my bank and tmobile. I asked tmobile, how can we stop this from happening? Their only solution was to change my account to a "no credit check" which disconnects your ssn from your account. The downside is that it makes you a third class citizen in the tmobile universe, no longer able to use autopay, and the worst part was I no longer had the seamless international usage, which was the main reason I switched to tmobile in the first place.

I realize this is a bit of a jumble so feel free to ask for clarification if you have specific questions. The bottom line is, my ssn is still out in the wild (probably along with everyone else what with all the hacking) so I changed my phone # to get a small layer of separation from id thieves.

Are you unable to get a new ssn?
I've read it's possible (pain in the ass expensive, real legal reasons)
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#7

Is it a good security measure to change your mobile number every once in a while?

Quote: (10-21-2018 04:10 PM)Duke Main Wrote:  

I changed my phone number recently because identity thieves wreaked havoc with my old one. Using my name, ssn and phone number, they called a rival cell provider and said they (I) wished to port my number to the new company. The new company was happy to oblige and the thieves then called my bank and said they lost their password and my bank sent a code to my phone # and I had no idea until I realized my phone was dead. It took me a few days to unravel and a few weeks later the thieves were able to do the same thing again, due to the laziness of my bank and tmobile. I asked tmobile, how can we stop this from happening? Their only solution was to change my account to a "no credit check" which disconnects your ssn from your account. The downside is that it makes you a third class citizen in the tmobile universe, no longer able to use autopay, and the worst part was I no longer had the seamless international usage, which was the main reason I switched to tmobile in the first place.

I realize this is a bit of a jumble so feel free to ask for clarification if you have specific questions. The bottom line is, my ssn is still out in the wild (probably along with everyone else what with all the hacking) so I changed my phone # to get a small layer of separation from id thieves.

You can still use autopay with a prepaid account, I did it for like 5 years before switching to Verizon.

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#8

Is it a good security measure to change your mobile number every once in a while?

Quote: (10-21-2018 04:26 PM)kinjutsu Wrote:  

Quote: (10-21-2018 04:10 PM)Duke Main Wrote:  

I changed my phone number recently because identity thieves wreaked havoc with my old one. Using my name, ssn and phone number, they called a rival cell provider and said they (I) wished to port my number to the new company. The new company was happy to oblige and the thieves then called my bank and said they lost their password and my bank sent a code to my phone # and I had no idea until I realized my phone was dead. It took me a few days to unravel and a few weeks later the thieves were able to do the same thing again, due to the laziness of my bank and tmobile. I asked tmobile, how can we stop this from happening? Their only solution was to change my account to a "no credit check" which disconnects your ssn from your account. The downside is that it makes you a third class citizen in the tmobile universe, no longer able to use autopay, and the worst part was I no longer had the seamless international usage, which was the main reason I switched to tmobile in the first place.

I realize this is a bit of a jumble so feel free to ask for clarification if you have specific questions. The bottom line is, my ssn is still out in the wild (probably along with everyone else what with all the hacking) so I changed my phone # to get a small layer of separation from id thieves.

Are you unable to get a new ssn?
I've read it's possible (pain in the ass expensive, real legal reasons)
I didn't try to get a new ssn. I figure it will get compromised again the next time a "super secure" database gets hacked. I added extra layers of security to my financial accounts but strangely tmobile didn't have any way of securing that account other than the 'no credit check' option. Their customer service was very disappointing through the ordeal.
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#9

Is it a good security measure to change your mobile number every once in a while?

Quote: (10-21-2018 04:32 PM)Cattle Rustler Wrote:  

Quote: (10-21-2018 04:10 PM)Duke Main Wrote:  

I changed my phone number recently because identity thieves wreaked havoc with my old one. Using my name, ssn and phone number, they called a rival cell provider and said they (I) wished to port my number to the new company. The new company was happy to oblige and the thieves then called my bank and said they lost their password and my bank sent a code to my phone # and I had no idea until I realized my phone was dead. It took me a few days to unravel and a few weeks later the thieves were able to do the same thing again, due to the laziness of my bank and tmobile. I asked tmobile, how can we stop this from happening? Their only solution was to change my account to a "no credit check" which disconnects your ssn from your account. The downside is that it makes you a third class citizen in the tmobile universe, no longer able to use autopay, and the worst part was I no longer had the seamless international usage, which was the main reason I switched to tmobile in the first place.

I realize this is a bit of a jumble so feel free to ask for clarification if you have specific questions. The bottom line is, my ssn is still out in the wild (probably along with everyone else what with all the hacking) so I changed my phone # to get a small layer of separation from id thieves.

You can still use autopay with a prepaid account, I did it for like 5 years before switching to Verizon.

You did that with tmobile? I attempted to set it up multiple times and was denied.
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#10

Is it a good security measure to change your mobile number every once in a while?

Quote: (10-21-2018 10:56 PM)Duke Main Wrote:  

Quote: (10-21-2018 04:32 PM)Cattle Rustler Wrote:  

Quote: (10-21-2018 04:10 PM)Duke Main Wrote:  

I changed my phone number recently because identity thieves wreaked havoc with my old one. Using my name, ssn and phone number, they called a rival cell provider and said they (I) wished to port my number to the new company. The new company was happy to oblige and the thieves then called my bank and said they lost their password and my bank sent a code to my phone # and I had no idea until I realized my phone was dead. It took me a few days to unravel and a few weeks later the thieves were able to do the same thing again, due to the laziness of my bank and tmobile. I asked tmobile, how can we stop this from happening? Their only solution was to change my account to a "no credit check" which disconnects your ssn from your account. The downside is that it makes you a third class citizen in the tmobile universe, no longer able to use autopay, and the worst part was I no longer had the seamless international usage, which was the main reason I switched to tmobile in the first place.

I realize this is a bit of a jumble so feel free to ask for clarification if you have specific questions. The bottom line is, my ssn is still out in the wild (probably along with everyone else what with all the hacking) so I changed my phone # to get a small layer of separation from id thieves.

You can still use autopay with a prepaid account, I did it for like 5 years before switching to Verizon.

You did that with tmobile? I attempted to set it up multiple times and was denied.

Log in to their website and set it up from there.

Since I was broke at times not too long ago, I would buy for the Tmo refill cards to go on special at Targets online store and buy them to refill my account. That way I wouldn't have to pay for taxes or their creditdebit card service fee....plus a discount. I save like 17 bucks overall every month.

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Is it a good security measure to change your mobile number every once in a while?

Quote: (10-21-2018 04:10 PM)Duke Main Wrote:  

I changed my phone number recently because identity thieves wreaked havoc with my old one. Using my name, ssn and phone number, they called a rival cell provider and said they (I) wished to port my number to the new company. The new company was happy to oblige and the thieves then called my bank and said they lost their password and my bank sent a code to my phone # and I had no idea until I realized my phone was dead. It took me a few days to unravel and a few weeks later the thieves were able to do the same thing again, due to the laziness of my bank and tmobile. I asked tmobile, how can we stop this from happening? Their only solution was to change my account to a "no credit check" which disconnects your ssn from your account. The downside is that it makes you a third class citizen in the tmobile universe, no longer able to use autopay, and the worst part was I no longer had the seamless international usage, which was the main reason I switched to tmobile in the first place.

I realize this is a bit of a jumble so feel free to ask for clarification if you have specific questions. The bottom line is, my ssn is still out in the wild (probably along with everyone else what with all the hacking) so I changed my phone # to get a small layer of separation from id thieves.
If you haven't already call transunion and equifax and put a freeze on your credit.
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#12

Is it a good security measure to change your mobile number every once in a while?

Quote: (10-22-2018 01:16 PM)Shimmy Wrote:  

Quote: (10-21-2018 04:10 PM)Duke Main Wrote:  

I changed my phone number recently because identity thieves wreaked havoc with my old one. Using my name, ssn and phone number, they called a rival cell provider and said they (I) wished to port my number to the new company. The new company was happy to oblige and the thieves then called my bank and said they lost their password and my bank sent a code to my phone # and I had no idea until I realized my phone was dead. It took me a few days to unravel and a few weeks later the thieves were able to do the same thing again, due to the laziness of my bank and tmobile. I asked tmobile, how can we stop this from happening? Their only solution was to change my account to a "no credit check" which disconnects your ssn from your account. The downside is that it makes you a third class citizen in the tmobile universe, no longer able to use autopay, and the worst part was I no longer had the seamless international usage, which was the main reason I switched to tmobile in the first place.

I realize this is a bit of a jumble so feel free to ask for clarification if you have specific questions. The bottom line is, my ssn is still out in the wild (probably along with everyone else what with all the hacking) so I changed my phone # to get a small layer of separation from id thieves.
If you haven't already call transunion and equifax and put a freeze on your credit.

Thanks, it happened over a year ago and I froze my credit at that time. Good reminder.
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#13

Is it a good security measure to change your mobile number every once in a while?

Terrible idea if you use 2 factor authentication for your security online. If you lose the authenticating phone number (and your backup way to recover after that) you may be up shit creek. Just get several numbers. With things like Google Voice, Skype and Ooma, its easy to spread your numbers out for different purposes. Google Voice can block out spam pretty well (at least in my case) and I block numbers of people I don't want to contact me all the time.

My current set-up:
1. I have a T-mobile phone number I do not use.
2. Google Voice Number via Hangouts I use for texting and making/receiving calls on my cell phone.
3. Ooma phone line I use for business purposes. (There's also a Virtual Line included in my account I don't really use)
4. MyFax Number for Faxes (I do need them at times)
5. Skype Out Number (I'm phasing this number out).

As mentioned above, just use Google Voice. You can easily change your phone number online while still retaining an original cell phone number. Google Voice works with Whatsapp as well.

There is a certain type of person this kind of thing will make sense for, but it is a very unique person that needs this amount of planning.
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#14

Is it a good security measure to change your mobile number every once in a while?

So you are recommend against getting an new number even if you don't have much effort changing that number with few online or verifying entities?
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#15

Is it a good security measure to change your mobile number every once in a while?

I don't see the point. Seems a lot of wasted time for a majority of the population. Unless you are worried about people reverse phone number searching you.
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