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AT&T's new Wireless Account Lock can protect you from SIM swapping

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Summary
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60% Informative

Wireless Account Lock is available in the myAT&T phone app for postpaid customers.

It's activated simply by hitting a toggle button in the app.

The idea here is to prevent SIM swapping, a form of online scam where malicious actors essentially steal your phone number from you.

VR Score

34

Informative language

20

Neutral language

3

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

52

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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