Never thought about it, OF COURSE.
I guess it is tied to the phone number, which is the SIM. So maybe this would give ample motive to actually purchase an old phone bone from 2004. They simply work like they should, the battery lasts forever and you can leave it in the sunlight and it will still function.
Having had terrible experiences with a smart phone a friend gifted me I am never going back to these sensitive and fragile pieces of "high technology". Especially now.
Thanks for the heads up!
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I have no reason to doubt what you're saying, I'm afraid I just don't get it yet.
Does that apply to old phones? You know, Samsung ones with built in spelling mistakes in their auto correct. Long before operating systems. I wouldn't even know how to reset that phone "software" - there's no real port or OS. And the number the verification arrives at is on my SIM, I can put the card in other phones and it will have the same number.
Isn't it true that as long as I have the same number on that old phone it will still work after resetting? How would the exchange know that anything is different? How would the phone not tie to its SIM number after rest? Because "modern" phones work differently and require OS shenanigans to access the actual number?
You don't actually need to answer these, just thinking out loud here, pondering how to best protect the access. I have had some hardcore password lessons in the last years that taught me a lot.
I know a few people who religiously reject smartphones <3