• JoeKrogan@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The hotspot would have its own sim card not the one that was in your phone. The one in your phone was removed in this case. The number of the hotspot is not known to the attacker and the phone can still be used for calls and texts via signal or WhatsApp or whatever