The safest guide to changing your mobile phone number in the era of information explosion

However, the uniqueness (irreplaceability) of using a mobile phone number to confirm your identity is decreasing. The social function of a mobile phone number is mainly to make calls and send text messages, but it is obviously no longer the only contact. Way.

For example, the friends you often "contact" may only be close friends who chat on QQ by typing on the keyboard, and rarely make phone calls (considering communication costs);

You have updated your circle of friends, Initiating a geo-location appointment can be done with WeChat;

When you speak in the group and update your personalized signature, more friends can see and pass it on in real time! (Efficiency principle)

Even if you don’t know the other party’s mobile phone number, you can still contact him/her.

In the final analysis, a cell phone (mobile phone) is just the most timely (urgent) and simplest (it can even be said to be "rude") way for you to contact your relatives and friends. It is a real-time, one-to-one social tool that requires your full attention to participate in answering and speaking, but it is not the only one.

But we also need to reflect on the infringement of personal privacy caused by the random dissemination of mobile phone numbers. How to effectively block spam text messages and phone calls? How to block those pesky promotional calls? (How does he know that you have bought a car and a house and are going to take a certain exam? Does he know what you are about to do, such as renovating, paying off a car loan, or buying insurance?)

After giving full consideration to changing your number After realizing the sunk cost, I decided to find an opportunity to choose a good number, change my number, and get rid of my worries.

It has been almost seven years since I started working after graduating from college to use the mobile phone number 135××××5451. At that time, I did not expect to choose a good number. Not long ago, a friend on mobile provided me with a beautiful account number of 188×××××58, so I decided to change it immediately.

The day before China Mobile launched the Apple 4G mobile phone (January 16, 2016), I went to China Mobile to get the new number 188, and then immediately joined the unit group. (Because it can reduce call charges)

I set aside a month for myself to buffer the excess, and the old number will be kept temporarily without any downtime. It turned out that along the way, it was really not easy to get rid of the old number completely.

For example: Just for mobile, there are Fetion, mobile payment, and mobile banking. Since they have social attributes, there are also financial payments.

In addition, the property management company, real estate company, loan repayment bank, Taobao Express, etc. must also be notified.

Therefore, if you want to change your number, it is recommended to read the following article beforehand!

I recently considered changing my mobile phone number. When I just graduated from college, changing my mobile phone number was very easy. At most, I would just send a group text message to inform my relatives and friends that my contact information has changed. Number changing harassment! However, as we grow older, interact more deeply with all levels of society, and as information security in the era of information explosion penetrates into every aspect of life, changing our mobile phone numbers has become something we do not have to do lightly.

Below, based on my own experience, I will write a comprehensive guide to changing my mobile phone number, trying my best to ensure the minimum loss of information. Of course, if you are serious about your assessment of the information loss after changing your mobile phone number, If it is too large, it is still recommended that you do not change your mobile phone number.

First of all, do not cancel your old mobile phone number early after changing it to a new one, because many things you bind may require SMS verification from your old mobile phone number. Without the old mobile phone number, many things may have to be handled in person by bringing your ID card and asking for leave.

Next, we have to consider, after we have a new mobile phone number, which units and departments need to be notified of my change?

Okay, after you have modified everything, think about it again, is there anything missing? Can't figure it out? Then there is another way. Don’t log off the old phone for the time being. Keep it open for a while to see if any missed people or units come to you? The length of this reserve depends on your estimate of information loss. If you are afraid of the huge risks that information loss will bring to you, then reserve it for one year. This is a very conservative approach. If the situation is average, reserve 1- Observe it in 3 months.

Maybe the person who should be looking for you will always find you. Fortunately, changing your mobile phone number has an additional benefit, that is, the previous harassing calls may disappear for a while, but don’t get too happy too soon, they will always come back~