@usma

2026-10-12

If your bank, email or social accounts still send login codes by SMS, switch to an authenticator app this week. In a SIM swap, someone convinces the mobile network to move your number to their SIM, and every SMS code goes to them. An authenticator app keeps the codes on your own phone. Save the backup codes on paper, somewhere safe.

If your bank, email or social accounts still send login codes by SMS, switch to an authenticator appComments and actions