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Phone Number Reuse Risks
Platforms and experts warn that reassigned mobile numbers may remain linked to their previous owners’ accounts, potentially enabling unauthorized access or exposing personal information—especially when the number alone is used to recover an account. Snapchat says a new user may be able to access a previous account that is not protected, while WhatsApp says old conversations are not transferred automatically. Saudi Arabia’s numbering plan requires a number to be held for three months before reassignment, or four months if it was returned because of nuisance calls. But the waiting period’s end does not remove the number’s links to digital accounts. In a 2021 U.S. study, 171 of 259 numbers available to new subscribers were linked to at least one account. Experts recommend removing a number from accounts before giving it up, contacting service providers if a number is found to have a previous association, and using additional verification methods such as authenticator apps and passkeys.
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