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Dazzza
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Re: Making the switch from Boost mobile
Why would T-Mobile allow you to keep your Boost Mobile plan? Virgin Wireless was bought out by Sprint in 2009 and they did offerextremely tweakable "custom" service plans. Boost Mobile was a also a subsidiary of the Sprint Corporation but in July 2020 Boost mobile becameowned and operated by Dish Network. T-Mobile did, in April of 2020, become the new owners of Boost Mobile butthe merger between Sprint and T-Mobile was slowed by the United States Department of Justice, after it raised concerns over a lack of competition in the telecommunications industry. Eventually, Dish entered the talks and agreed to purchase Sprint assets, including its prepaid business. As for current promotions on T-Mobile though, you can find all the information here.Re: Free McAfee for the Data Breach
Jeannie wrote: I tried to sign up with McAfee for Free because of the Data Breach and got the email from McAfee. The way T-Mobile has it written, is that they have “No information that indicates any passwords, postpaid PIN numbers, or financial or payment information has been compromised”. The email from McAfee wants me to give THEM my personal information to protect my data - They should get the information from T-Mobile. I’m sure T-Mobile can get this service provided to their customers without us having to Disclose our personal information once again Because the service isn’t provided by T-Mobile, it’s provided by McAfee. Now think about all the information (not just what T-Mobile may have had) that could potentially be used to steal someone's identity. Do you think T-Mobile has access to all of that? And would you want T-Mobile to set an account with username and password on your behalf with all that information with their current track record? Fivehacks now in 4 years., are you sure you want T-Mobile to “get this service provided to their customers without us having to Disclose our personal information once again”? Remember that while no indication that personal financial or payment information, credit or debit card information, account numbers, or account passwords were accessed, “the exact personal information accessed varies by individual. We have determined that the types of impacted information include: names, drivers’ licenses, government identification numbers, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, T-Mobile prepaid PINs (which have already been reset to protect you), addresses and phone number(s)”.Re: I am about to give up on TMobil
fireguy_6364 wrote: Dazzza wrote: On each of the major carrier forums I see so many unhappy consumers but yet they have not moved on despite threats of “ditching” or“giving up”. Every carrier has it’s problems and we are too eager to point out all the negatives on public forums such as support groups and social media. T-Mobile is far from perfect (as we have currently seen with the data hack), but Having been a Verizon and AT&T consumer in the past, as well as Sprint with a work account, each has had it’s own network issues. When I get to the point I am frustrated by onecarrier and it becomes “unbearable”, I move on and try a different carrier. It’s not always about cost, it’s about service and if that “perfect” carrier ever emerges, let me know. For now at least, let’s stop kidding ourselves, because that perfectiondoesn’t exist in any carrier so choose one based on your currentneeds (and that also goes for the phone you wish to use). ATT was hit a few days later..last Thursday or Friday And AT&T are still in denial even thoughShinyHunter’s history of major data breaches and exploits means that it is likely the breach actually occurred. However, the data has not yet been linked to AT&T customers specifically, it only appears to be valid. Researchers suspect that ShinyHunters was able to access customer data including names, phone numbers, physical addresses, email addresses, Social Security numbers, and birth dates.Re: Free Apple + TV offer
lazmo wrote: If this is a “Free” perk, why does Apple then require separate registration with credit card info??? Just more personal info out there for the T-Mobile hack? This free “perk” is technically a 12 month free trial. You will need a valid payment method for when the trial period ends, and regular subscription fees need to be collected, if you are still subscribed by that time. This practice is often used by many streaming companies including Apple TV+ If you already have an Apple ID, acredit card is not strictly needed as such. Other payment methods are good, too. Payment methods that you can use with your Apple ID - Apple SupportRe: I am about to give up on TMobil
On each of the major carrier forums I see so many unhappy consumers but yet they have not moved on despite threats of “ditching” or“giving up”. Every carrier has it’s problems and we are too eager to point out all the negatives on public forums such as support groups and social media. T-Mobile is far from perfect (as we have currently seen with the data hack), but Having been a Verizon and AT&T consumer in the past, as well as Sprint with a work account, each has had it’s own network issues. When I get to the point I am frustrated by onecarrier and it becomes “unbearable”, I move on and try a different carrier. It’s not always about cost, it’s about service and if that “perfect” carrier ever emerges, let me know. For now at least, let’s stop kidding ourselves, because that perfectiondoesn’t exist in any carrier so choose one based on your currentneeds (and that also goes for the phone you wish to use).Re: T-Mobile Data Breach
lazmo wrote: Perhaps this has led to a delay in the proceedings? > “T-Mobile data-breach website lets anyone sign up for identity-theft protection” https://www.tomsguide.com/news/t-mobile-data-breach-identity-theft-protection As crazy as it may seem, let’s look at this from another perspective. What about the former T-Mobile consumer that decided to cancel his plan within the last year or so? What about the consumer that applied service recently but due to whatever reason, was denied? The hack did not just involve the personal information of current consumers but also that offormer and prospective consumers too. Therefore T-Mobile also owes it to them to offer protection does it not? How do you reach those people? Do the have to have a T-Mobile account/number to be able to take part in this offer? That would seem a little unfair if that was the case.Re: how did you safely enroll in McAfee identity theft protection offered by T-Mobile to its customers affected by data breach?
gnarly wrote: T-Mobile website says to request the offered McAfee coverage and await an email from McAfee with link to Complete Enrollment Now. An email is sitting in my spam filter fromxggrrpdjrvhtddjbsgrtdbvcrcscsgtjbskphpl@mail.idtheftprotection.mcafee.combut I don’t know whether it is safe. If you used used a link in an email from this address, were you able to set upthe offered McAfee id theft protection through it? thanks for any help. Yes, that link is specific to you (the front past of the email before the “@” so I wouldn’t be advertising it. Mine also arrived in my spam folder (two for two lines) and I have successfully enrolled. Any changes you make will also trigger an email from the domain “mail.idtheftprotection.mcafee.com”. From one such email: “If you have any questions, please contact our Support Team: T-Mobile customers call – 855-223-8057”Re: Free Apple + TV offer
dmhtwice2 wrote: I can't even get to the redeem page. Any help would be appreciated thanks I logged in to my account first (on a PC) I then went tohttps://www.t-mobile.com/offers/a...-plus-deal.and choose "Activate now", had to keep trying as I had the gears of death this morning, it just kept giving me the "Oops! Something went wrong try again!" message then it finally went through. I then redeemed on Apple.
