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Narrative Analysis - Report

Key Focus

Such devices were rare in the US, but eSIMs have now changed things because they're fully programmable. For instance, current iPhones support eight stored eSIM phone numbers and two active ones, so if you're traveling, you can simply download a new SIM to your phone ...

With an eSIM, you'll probably have to talk to your carrier about your busted phone.. . Carriers have more control over eSIMs. ...

No momentum supporting factor found

Challenge supporting factors

(sim,resetting)

Work-in-progress supporting factors

(phone,esim,esims)

(phone,esim,risks)

(phone,risks)

(phone,sim,esim,risks)

(phone,esim,resetting)

(phone,resetting)

(phone,sim,esim,resetting)

(phone,sim,resetting)

(sim,esim,resetting)

(phone,sim,current-gen)

(sim,phones,internet)

Time Period	Challenge	Momentum	WIP
Report	0.78	0.00	99.22

High Level Abstraction (HLA) combined

High Level Abstraction (HLA)	Report
(1) (phone,esim,esims)	100.00
(2) (phone,esim,risks)	88.18
(3) (phone,risks)	85.71
(4) (phone,sim,esim,risks)	82.76
(5) (phone,sim,risks)	79.80
(6) (sim,esim,risks)	78.33
(7) (sim,risks)	77.34
(8) (esim,resetting)	76.85
(9) (phone,esim,resetting)	75.37
(10) (phone,resetting)	71.92
(11) (phone,sim,esim,resetting)	69.95
(12) (phone,sim,resetting)	66.01
(13) (sim,esim,resetting)	64.53
(14) (phone,sim,current-gen)	63.55
(15) (sim,phones,internet)	63.05
(16) (phone,sim,apple)	63.05
(17) (phone,sim,android)	62.56
(18) (esim,self-service)	62.07
(19) (phone,esim,self-service)	59.11
(20) (phone,self-service)	58.13
(21) (phone,esim,programmable)	57.64
(22) (phone,programmable)	54.19
(23) (sim,phones,phone)	53.69
(24) (esim,log)	53.69
(25) (phone,esim,log)	52.22
(26) (phone,log)	51.23
(27) (phone,phones,verizon)	46.31
(28) (phone,verizon)	45.32
(29) (phones,verizon)	44.83
(30) (phone,phones,t-mobile_android)	43.35
(31) (phone,t-mobile_android)	41.87
(32) (phones,t-mobile_android)	41.38
(33) (phone,phones,service)	40.89
(34) (phone,service)	38.42
(35) (phones,service)	37.93
(36) (phone,phones,identifier)	37.44
(37) (phones,identifier)	34.98
(38) (esim,jacking)	34.48
(39) (phone,jacking)	33.99
(40) (sim,esim,internet)	33.50
(41) (sim,internet)	32.51
(42) (sim,phones,tool)	30.05
(43) (sim,tool)	29.06
(44) (sim,manufacturers)	23.65
(45) (sim,phones,manufacturers)	23.15
(46) (sim,information)	22.17
(47) (sim,phones,information)	21.67
(48) (sim,phones,inconsistencies)	20.69
(49) (sim,phones,google)	19.70
(50) (sim,phones,esim-transfer)	18.72
(51) (sim,phones,esim)	17.73
(52) (sim,phones,cloud)	16.75
(53) (sim,phones,circuit)	15.76
(54) (sim,esim,pinky)	14.78
(55) (sim,pinky)	13.79
(56) (sim,esim,nail)	13.30
(57) (sim,nail)	12.32
(58) (sim,esim,information)	11.82
(59) (sim,esim,credit)	10.84
(60) (sim,android)	10.34
(61) (sim,resetting)	9.85
(62) (esim,security)	9.36
(63) (esim,risks)	8.87
(64) (esim,esims,programmable)	7.39
(65) (esim,programmable)	6.40
(66) (esim,esims,sim)	6.40
(67) (esim,menu)	5.91
(68) (esim,good)	5.42
(69) (esim,esims,dual-sim)	1.97

Supporting narratives:

Please refer to knowledge diagram for a complete set of supporting narratives.

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A determined fraudster with control of your phone number can do a lot of damage in a short time. And as for your phone, without a SIM card, tracking it or remotely resetting it becomes difficult. With an eSIM, in contrast, there's no card to take, so your phone number is subject to fewer risks ...
High Level Abstractions:

(sim,resetting)

WIP - Back to HLA

And as for your phone, without a SIM card, tracking it or remotely resetting it becomes difficult. With an eSIM, in contrast, there's no card to take, so your phone number is subject to fewer risks. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(sim,esim,risks)
(phone,esim,risks)
(phone,sim,risks)
(phone,sim,esim,risks)
(sim,risks)
(phone,risks)
Inferred entity relationships (10)
(phone,risks) [inferred]
(esim,phone,programmable) [inferred]
(risks,sim) [inferred]
(esim,risks) [inferred]
(esim,phone,resetting) [inferred]
(esim,phone,resetting,sim) [inferred]
(esim,phone,risks) [inferred]
(phone,risks,sim) [inferred]
(esim,phone,self-service) [inferred]
(esim,phone,risks,sim) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

And as for your phone, without a SIM card, tracking it or remotely resetting it becomes difficult. With an eSIM, in contrast, there's no card to take, so your phone number is subject to fewer risks ...
High Level Abstractions:

(phone,sim,resetting)
(esim,resetting)
(sim,esim,resetting)
(phone,sim,esim,resetting)
(phone,resetting)
(phone,esim,resetting)
Inferred entity relationships (11)
(resetting,sim) [inferred]
(esim,resetting,sim) [inferred]
(phone,resetting,sim) [inferred]
(esim,phone,programmable) [inferred]
(esim,phone,resetting) [inferred]
(esim,phone,resetting,sim) [inferred]
(esim,resetting) [inferred]
(esim,phone,risks) [inferred]
(esim,phone,self-service) [inferred]
(phone,resetting) [inferred]
(esim,phone,risks,sim) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

Even if you prefer to use a physical SIM card, that may not be an option the next time you buy a phone. Apple doesn't sell any current-gen iPhones in the US with a SIM slot, and it's only a matter of time before the same happens with Android ...
High Level Abstractions:

(phone,sim,apple)
(phone,sim,current-gen)

WIP - Back to HLA

Apple doesn't sell any current-gen iPhones in the US with a SIM slot, and it's only a matter of time before the same happens with Android. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(phone,sim,android)

WIP - Back to HLA

Meanwhile, AT&T has a self-service website where you can log in with a PC and scan a QR code with the phone to download your eSIM ...
High Level Abstractions:

(esim,self-service)
(phone,self-service)
(phone,esim,self-service)
Inferred entity relationships (6)
(esim,phone,resetting) [inferred]
(esim,phone,resetting,sim) [inferred]
(esim,phone,risks) [inferred]
(esim,phone,programmable) [inferred]
(phone,self-service) [inferred]
(esim,phone,risks,sim) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

Such devices were rare in the US, but eSIMs have now changed things because they're fully programmable. For instance, current iPhones support eight stored eSIM phone numbers and two active ones, so if you're traveling, you can simply download a new SIM to your phone ...
High Level Abstractions:

(phone,esim,programmable)
(phone,programmable)
(phone,esim,esims)
Inferred entity relationships (8)
(esim,phone,resetting) [inferred]
(esim,phone,resetting,sim) [inferred]
(esim,esims,sim) [inferred]
(phone,programmable) [inferred]
(esim,esims,programmable) [inferred]
(esim,phone,risks) [inferred]
(esim,phone,self-service) [inferred]
(esim,phone,risks,sim) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

Meanwhile, AT&T has a self-service website where you can log in with a PC and scan a QR code with the phone to download your eSIM. If you don't have another phone or a PC handy, you might not be able to move your eSIM phone number ...
High Level Abstractions:

(phone,esim,log)
(esim,log)
(phone,log)
Inferred entity relationships (3)
(log,phone) [inferred]
(esim,log,phone) [inferred]
(esim,log) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

With an eSIM, you'll probably have to talk to your carrier about your busted phone.. . Carriers have more control over eSIMs. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(phone,esim,esims)
Inferred entity relationships (2)
(esim,esims,sim) [inferred]
(esim,esims,programmable) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

For Verizon and T-Mobile Android phones, you may have to call customer service (on a different phone) and read off a 15-digit phone identifier ...
High Level Abstractions:

(phones,t-mobile_android)
(phone,phones,verizon)
(phone,phones,t-mobile_android)
(phones,verizon)
(phone,verizon)
(phone,t-mobile_android)
Inferred entity relationships (6)
(phone,phones,verizon) [inferred]
(phone,phones,service) [inferred]
(phones,t-mobile_android) [inferred]
(phones,verizon) [inferred]
(phone,phones,sim) [inferred]
(phone,phones,t-mobile_android) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

For Verizon and T-Mobile Android phones, you may have to call customer service (on a different phone) and read off a 15-digit phone identifier. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(phone,phones,service)
(phone,service)
(phone,phones,identifier)
(phones,service)
(phones,identifier)
Inferred entity relationships (5)
(phone,phones,sim) [inferred]
(phone,phones,t-mobile_android) [inferred]
(phone,phones,verizon) [inferred]
(phones,service) [inferred]
(phone,phones,service) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

The most common way criminals compromise phone numbers is with "SIM jacking." That's when the attacker convinces (or pays) a carrier employee to transfer your phone number to a device that they control ...
High Level Abstractions:

(phone,jacking)
(esim,jacking)

WIP - Back to HLA

Today, SIM cards serve only to store your account information, and that's a minuscule amount of data, small enough to be downloaded to an eSIM over even the weakest internet connection. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(sim,phones,esim)
(sim,esim,internet)
(sim,phones,internet)
Inferred entity relationships (2)
(phones,sim,tool) [inferred]
(internet,sim) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

Now that everyone has the internet on their phones, there's no reason to do that, as your contact list lives in the cloud ...
High Level Abstractions:

(sim,phones,internet)
(sim,internet)
Inferred entity relationships (1)
(phones,sim,tool) [inferred]

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Transfers and activation still run into some inconsistencies on Android, but Google has started rolling out a more functional eSIM-transfer tool that should work even with phones from different manufacturers. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(sim,phones,manufacturers)
(sim,phones,esim-transfer)
(sim,tool)
(sim,phones,tool)
(sim,manufacturers)
Inferred entity relationships (2)
(phones,sim,tool) [inferred]
(sim,tool) [inferred]

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That Might Be Annoying.. . Most people rarely think about SIM cards, the tiny plastic circuit boards inside cell phones that contain the phone number. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(sim,phones,circuit)
(sim,phones,phone)
Inferred entity relationships (4)
(phone,phones,t-mobile_android) [inferred]
(phone,phones,verizon) [inferred]
(phones,sim,tool) [inferred]
(phone,phones,service) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

Traveling is simpler, because you can activate multiple numbers on the same phone. In the past, only those phones with room for two SIM cards, also known as dual-SIM phones, could have multiple phone numbers ...
High Level Abstractions:

(sim,phones,phone)
Inferred entity relationships (4)
(phone,phones,t-mobile_android) [inferred]
(phone,phones,verizon) [inferred]
(phones,sim,tool) [inferred]
(phone,phones,service) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

Now that everyone has the internet on their phones, there's no reason to do that, as your contact list lives in the cloud. Today, SIM cards serve only to store your account information, and that's a minuscule amount of data, small enough to be downloaded to an eSIM over even the weakest internet connection ...
High Level Abstractions:

(sim,information)
(sim,phones,cloud)
(sim,phones,information)
Inferred entity relationships (1)
(phones,sim,tool) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

Transfers and activation still run into some inconsistencies on Android, but Google has started rolling out a more functional eSIM-transfer tool that should work even with phones from different manufacturers ...
High Level Abstractions:

(sim,phones,inconsistencies)
(sim,phones,google)
Inferred entity relationships (1)
(phones,sim,tool) [inferred]

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SIM cards, which have been around since the 1990s, were once the size of credit cards but are now the size of a pinky nail. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(sim,esim,nail)
(sim,esim,pinky)
(sim,nail)
(sim,pinky)
Inferred entity relationships (2)
(pinky,sim) [inferred]
(nail,sim) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

Today, SIM cards serve only to store your account information, and that's a minuscule amount of data, small enough to be downloaded to an eSIM over even the weakest internet connection ...
High Level Abstractions:

(sim,esim,information)
Inferred entity relationships (1)
(information,sim) [inferred]

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Here's what you need to know.. . What is an eSIM.. SIM cards, which have been around since the 1990s, were once the size of credit cards but are now the size of a pinky nail. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(sim,esim,credit)

WIP - Back to HLA

Apple doesn't sell any current-gen iPhones in the US with a SIM slot, and it's only a matter of time before the same happens with Android. Transfers and activation still run into some inconsistencies on Android, but Google has started rolling out a more functional eSIM-transfer tool that should work even with phones from different manufacturers ...
High Level Abstractions:

(sim,android)

WIP - Back to HLA

The most common way criminals compromise phone numbers is with "SIM jacking." That's when the attacker convinces (or pays) a carrier employee to transfer your phone number to a device that they control. Moving to eSIM doesn't prevent this tactic - your carrier needs to enact and enforce good security practices, and carriers sometimes miss the mark by giving outsourced customer service too much control over your account and not requiring a PIN or password for SIM changes ...
High Level Abstractions:

(esim,security)
(esim,good)

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And as for your phone, without a SIM card, tracking it or remotely resetting it becomes difficult. With an eSIM, in contrast, there's no card to take, so your phone number is subject to fewer risks. And if your phone is locked with a password, no one has any way to transfer that SIM to another device ...
High Level Abstractions:

(esim,risks)
Inferred entity relationships (1)
(esim,risks,sim) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

In the past, only those phones with room for two SIM cards, also known as dual-SIM phones, could have multiple phone numbers. Such devices were rare in the US, but eSIMs have now changed things because they're fully programmable. For instance, current iPhones support eight stored eSIM phone numbers and two active ones, so if you're traveling, you can simply download a new SIM to your phone ...
High Level Abstractions:

(esim,programmable)
(esim,esims,programmable)
Inferred entity relationships (2)
(esim,esims,phone) [inferred]
(esim,esims,sim) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

. Downloading a new eSIM is still hit-and-miss. If the built-in download menu fails, you're at your carrier's mercy. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(esim,menu)

WIP - Back to HLA

In the past, only those phones with room for two SIM cards, also known as dual-SIM phones, could have multiple phone numbers. Such devices were rare in the US, but eSIMs have now changed things because they're fully programmable ...
High Level Abstractions:

(esim,esims,sim)
(esim,esims,dual-sim)
Inferred entity relationships (3)
(esim,esims,phone) [inferred]
(esim,esims,sim) [inferred]
(esim,esims,programmable) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

For instance, current iPhones support eight stored eSIM phone numbers and two active ones, so if you're traveling, you can simply download a new SIM to your phone. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(esim,esims,sim)
Inferred entity relationships (2)
(esim,esims,phone) [inferred]
(esim,esims,programmable) [inferred]

Semantics Relevance

The SIM Card Is Going Away. That Might Be Annoying.