should have used duckduckgo for this one

wow the fact that he did the sim-swap in store is wild to me. I could understand pulling it off over the phone but doing it in person is ballsy to say the least. All just to get access to an X account. I guess unlinking your X from your cell phone would be the only way to mitigate this.

"Following this, Council returned the iPhone for a cash refund."

Does not seem very thought through? Why risk that?

Anyways. 2FA were never about security but ads (even if you could do 2FA in some sane way technically).

> “Today's sentencing makes clear that anyone who abuses public platforms for criminal gain will be held accountable."

I’ll let you know when I stop laughing.