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Draft NOINDEX expansion 2026-08-10; overall scores unpublished

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Experts policy

SIM Swap Protection Checklist

Carrier PIN before identity logos: SecurityChecklist keeps this draft free-first and claim-safe. Ask your carrier how to set an account PIN or port-out protection. We do not need your carrier login. Optional paid cards use claim-ledger prices from 2026-08-09 (Aura Individual $12/mo billed annually; Incogni Standard $7.99/mo billed annually). Overall scores stay unpublished (unpublished). Who should not buy: anyone who has not finished the free steps on this page, anyone treating monitoring as a freeze substitute, or anyone who needs a published overall score before acting.

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Direct verdict

SIM Swap Protection Checklist: finish free controls first, then consider paid tools only for a leftover job you can name. Product scores stay unpublished (N/Pub) until signed test records exist.

Unpublished

Priority checklist

  1. Set a carrier account PIN / port-out protection where offered
  2. Move critical MFA off SMS when authenticator apps or keys are available
  3. Lock down email recovery phone numbers
  4. Watch for sudden loss of cellular service
  5. Consider paid monitoring only after carrier basics

Ledger-verified starting prices show below when captured; otherwise cards stay confirm-live or pending. Overall scores stay unpublished (N/Pub). Never invent dollar amounts.

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Checklist

  1. 1

    Carrier PIN before identity logos

    Free

    Ask your mobile carrier how to set an account PIN, passcode, or port-out protection. This is free hygiene.

    • Enable carrier account PIN / port-out lock
    • Use a unique PIN not reused elsewhere
    • Confirm how support verifies identity
  2. 2

    Reduce SMS MFA dependency

    Free

    Prefer authenticator apps or hardware keys for email and banking when the service supports them. SMS remains phishable and SIM-swapable.

    • Switch high-value accounts off SMS MFA when possible
    • Keep recovery codes offline
    • Remove stale recovery phones
  3. 3

    Respond to sudden service loss

    Free

    If your phone suddenly has no service, contact the carrier on a known channel and secure email/banking from another trusted device.

    • Contact carrier via official app/site/phone
    • Secure email password + MFA immediately
    • Review recent account changes
  4. 4

    Optional paid alerts later

    Optional paid

    Monitoring products do not replace carrier PINs. Buy alerts only after basics if you still want residual notifications.

    • Finish carrier PIN and MFA first
    • Skip if you only needed port-out protection

What this checklist does not cover

  • Guaranteed prevention of every SIM swap
  • Carrier support mistakes
  • Invented SIM-swap statistics or unpublished scores

Sources

  • Mobile carrier account security settings, PIN / port-out protections vary by carrier; verify on official support pages
  • Aura sources, data/claim-ledgers/aura.json#aura-starting-price; Individual $12/mo billed annually captured 2026-08-09
  • Overall scores unpublished (unpublished), No invented lab scores, detection rates, or aggregate ratings on Batch39/40/41 drafts
  • Vendor marketing pages, aura.com / incogni.com / joindeleteme.com / lifelock.norton.com feature and pricing claims, not independent evidence; re-verify same-day
  • Security Checklist methodology, How commercial pages are structured before scores publish, /methodology/
  • Sources (T014), data/claim-ledgers/aura.json, incogni.json, deleteme.json, lifelock.json, surfshark.json: starting prices verified 2026-08-09; overall scores unpublished

Next steps

Final verdict

Use free controls first. Treat product scores as unpublished until signed test records exist. Affiliate payout never sets recommendations. Re-check volatile prices and plan names before purchase.

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Update history

Draft NOINDEX expansion 2026-08-10; overall scores unpublished. Re-check free OS controls and any listed prices same-day before purchase. Overall scores stay unpublished until signed test records exist.

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