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Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2025 05:34:01 -0000 (UTC)
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Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> wrote:
> On 3/4/2025 4:09 PM, Chris wrote:
> 
>> 
>> If someone has your emails and your mobile phone number you are royally
>> screwed. Yes, even you.
>> 
> 
>  I'm repeatedly struck by how much cellphone addicts can't
> imagine any other way to live. My cellphone has no address book,
> no apps to speak of, no passwords. I keep it in case I need to
> make a phone call away from home. If someone steals it then
> I'd just buy another $40 TracFone amnd another $20 card to
> get me 3 months usage. No big loss.
> 
>   My emails are not sitting on a server somewhere. I download
> them and then delete them from the server. I don't use either for
> banking, shopping, transmitting credit card numbers, etc.
> 
>  So, no, I would not be "royally screwed". I don't live the reckless
> e-lifestyle that you believe is unavoidable.

That's true. Seeing as you don't use 2FA an attacker only needs access to
your email account to screw you over.