Re: pick a side
Because SW uses the fricking thing in both cases. The physical version is still a store of a borrowed set of keys, the SIM isn’t making phone calls the modem does.
If a phone is eSIM carrier locked, it can be physical SIM carrier locked the same way.
If malware hacked a phone to block eSIMs, it can block physical SIM interaction just the same.
If you plug in the physical SIM on another phone, you can remote provision another phone with the eSIM.
The eSIM implementation like TPM or encryption is not pure SW and involves a secure element.
So no I still don’t get the comments about security being better with physical SIMs.
I don’t get the point about “carrier issues new series”. The keys are carrier verified, otherwise the dialling number would keep working even if bills weren’t paid. Your SIM card is directly not linked to your dialling number, it gives the IMSI that your carrier makes your dialling number.
That is why number porting happens without the SIM changing.
Please give a example of an eSIM specific subterfuge that cannot be done with a physical SIM.
Either this pure paranoia conceived from the letter “e” or there is a genuine example available that actually understands how SIMs (e and physical) work.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
