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How to Tell If Your iPhone is Refurbished By Looking at Its Model Number
There’s always a bit of mystery involved when you’re buying an iPhone second hand. Was the phone purchased new by the person selling it to you? Is it refurbished? Turns out, you can actually find that information out by looking at the serial number of the device. It’s a trick that’s been around for a…
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How To Prevent and Respond to a SIM Swap Scam
SIM swap attacks are “off the hook right now,” as described in a November 2018 article from security maven Brian Krebs. While most of you probably have never, and won’t ever, encounter one, it’s good to be prepared should this irritating hack happen to you. What is SIM swapping? SIM swapping involves a hacker duping…