What should we pay attention to when canceling a mobile phone number?
Recently, the topic of personal information leakage, property security and other risks and hidden dangers in the cancellation of mobile phone numbers has aroused social concern. What are the potential risks of canceling a mobile phone number, and what should we pay attention to when canceling a mobile phone number?
How long does it take for a cancelled mobile phone number to return to the market?
China Telecom's customer service said that according to national regulations, all numbers are recycled, and there will be a 90-day freezing period after the user's mobile phone number is cancelled. After this period, it may be re-placed on the market.
China Mobile customer service said that there is a 90-day freezing period after the mobile phone number is closed, and the user can still retrieve the number to continue to use during the freezing period, and the number will enter the number library again after the freezing period for subsequent market launch.
China Unicom's customer service said that when the user cancels the number, the service staff of the business hall and the business acceptance form will remind them to unbind the relevant Internet applications in time to avoid the leakage of personal information. At the same time, China Unicom has established information sharing channels with some mainstream Internet companies to provide users with free query and cleaning services.
"The active cancellation of mobile phone numbers and passive cancellation of mobile phone numbers, the number returns to the market time is slightly different. Industry experts said that according to the relevant regulations of the industry, users take the initiative to cancel the mobile phone number, and the operator can only re-launch the number after a 90-day freezing period;
What are the possible risks of canceling a mobile phone number?
In recent years, with the rapid development of the mobile Internet and the in-depth promotion of the online real-name system, from restaurant scanning code ordering to institutions handling various businesses, in all aspects of life, "mobile phone number + verification code" has become one of the most convenient real-name authentication methods for various platforms and applications.
How many applications or services have been registered and bound to a mobile phone number, most people can't remember at all.
At present, the cancelled mobile phone number is back on the market, and the application or authentication service that has not been unbound by the previous owner may be used or associated with the new owner of the number.
Some netizens reported that the newly opened mobile phone number sometimes receives a reminder text message from the relevant department about the arrears of the previous owner of the number, and a new mobile phone number will receive information such as the overdue text message of the previous owner of the number.
If you do not unbind or cancel the authentication of various applications and services, subsequent number users may log in to the previous owner's application account and perform various operations. At the same time, key information such as personal information and account settings and passwords of the original owner of the number on various platforms, websites, and apps may also be leaked......
These possibilities will bring potential risks to the property security and personal information security of the original owner of the mobile phone number.
What should I pay attention to when canceling my mobile phone number?
The key to canceling a mobile phone number is to unbind the various platforms, websites, applications, and services that have been authenticated by the number.
According to experts, there is currently no software that can find all the registration information under the name of the phone number. Previously, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) launched the "One Pass Check" service, which can query the registration status of users on WeChat, QQ, Douyin, JD.com, Meituan and other apps.
Consumers can make inquiries through WeChat public accounts such as the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's government WeChat account "Gongxin Weibao" and "Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's Anti-Fraud Special Team", as well as Alipay's "One Card Inspection" applet, and then unbind them one by one.
It is understood that under the guidance of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China Mobile has developed a secondary number unbinding service, before the number is put into the market again, it will notify the Internet application provider to unbind the Internet application that has been accessed, which has covered Alipay, Taobao, Vipshop, Kuaishou and other 11 applications. In the next step, the self-service unbinding function will be launched on the China Mobile App.
"The security mechanism and protection methods of large platforms are relatively perfect, and the number of small websites and small applications is huge, which should be the focus of attention. Fu Liang, a telecom analyst, said that many small applications may only be authenticated and used at the time of registration, and there is a high possibility that they will be forgotten later. At present, there is no more effective technical means to unbind various applications at one time.
Experts suggest that ordinary people should pay more attention to the verification of mobile phones in their lives, and minimize unnecessary authorization behaviors such as mobile phone authentication and one-click login; store personal privacy information on the Internet platform as little as possible; when canceling the mobile phone number, change the mobile phone number associated with the bank and Internet payment tools to the new number they are using as soon as possible; do not use the same password on multiple platforms, and design hierarchical passwords, such as password A for restaurants and password B for services.
"Regarding the property security risks that may be brought about by canceling a mobile phone number, you don't need to worry too much. Fu Liang said that financial institutions and head network platforms have set up multiple guarantees in terms of capital functions. If you want to make a large amount of money transactions, in addition to the first mobile phone authentication, you will also need multiple authentication such as passwords, fingerprints, personal information, and face recognition.
Source: Xinhua News Agency
