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).
should have used duckduckgo for this one
> “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.