By @edent · CyberSecurity mobile opsec sim · 5 comments · 450 words · read ~417 times.
It is tempting to think that users are to blame for their own misfortune. If only they'd had a stronger password! If only they didn't re-use credentials! If only they had perfect OpSec! If only...! Yes, users should probably take better care of their digital credentials and bury them in a digital vault. But there […]
Continue reading →By @edent · mobile mvno sim uk · 4 comments · 400 words · read ~3,171 times.
After railing against eSIM-only phones for over a decade, I've finally succumbed. It appears impossible to buy a modern phone without them. Thankfully, most seem to be dual-SIM. So I can have a regular SIM card and an eSIM. I find dual-SIM phones handy. I have a disposable number which I give out to people […]
Continue reading →By @edent · mobile security sim virtual sim · 7 comments · 500 words · read ~1,837 times.
Last night I received a call from my bank. They'd detected an unusual transaction and wanted to make sure that it was legitimate. Had I recently purchased £10,000 worth of crypto in the Maldives? What?!!? No! ARGH! I started to panic. All my apes money gone! No. Wait. The other thing. I knew it was […]
Continue reading →By @edent · data mobile payg sim · 6 comments · 250 words · read ~538 times.
I want to buy a big chunk of data and use it until it runs out. I'm not interested in a contract. I don't want a bundle of phone calls, SMS, or ringtones. Just give me DATA that lasts for as long as possible. Here's the best data deals that I could find. Stick them […]
Continue reading →By @edent · 112 999 mobile sim · 300 words · read ~3,371 times.
I want to correct a common misconception. Many people think that you can dial the emergency services even if you do not have a SIM in your phone. I see this advice scattered around the web - often telling people to keep an old, SIMless phone for an emergency - and it is dangerously wrong. […]
Continue reading →By @edent · iphone microsim mobile nanosim sim virtual sim · 28 comments · 1,000 words · read ~44,207 times.
The argument over the nano-SIM is a distraction. It's a sleight of hand designed to catch the industry off guard and fool it into doing something really stupid. The SIM is designed to do a number of things; encryption, address storage, hold SMS, etc. Most importantly, it's designed to be swappable. With GSM, you can […]
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