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German banks and technology are terrible! They're now using an app for authentication, that you can only get from Google's PlayStore or Apple's App Store. Germ
by klingonopera 7y ago
German banks and technology are terrible! They're now using an app for authentication, that you can only get from Google's PlayStore or Apple's App Store.
Germany, the country of data protection, and yet their banks force you to use Google/Apple.
Oh sure, I can use terminals or pay money for a hardware device whose manufacturer has an exclusive contract with the bank, but this is absurd considering all they'd have to do is provide a channel for getting the APK straight from their own servers instead of through Google.
...or at least give me an SHA256 of the APK, so I can really be sure that when I use a 3rd party app to download it, I'm not getting a Trojan or something.
- davrosthedalek 7y agoTrue. I guess they have to go through Apple's app store anyway, but they could offer the APK on their website. On the other hand, I can set up a recurring payment, for free, from one account to a different account, at a different bank. In the US, my bank sends a check. Per snail-mail. (Also: photoTAN is great. Could please all banks do that if they need an app anyway?)
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