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And also if you stop using it you need to [buy an apple product/root your phone(and then your bank apps don't work)/stop using phones altogether(which doesn't g
by quantum_magpie 4y ago
And also if you stop using it you need to [buy an apple product/root your phone(and then your bank apps don't work)/stop using phones altogether(which doesn't go well pretty much anywhere[•])]. So there's really only the option to give up your privacy to either google or apple.
[•] I personally lasted two months without a phone once (2016 Japan), since 80% of services would outright refuse you if you didn't have one, while the rest would pester and harrass you extensively before finally giving in.
- Animats 4y agoI use an Android phone without a Google account, and only F-Droid apps. It's possible.
- ajford 4y agoAre you able to use any banking apps? I stopped rooting some time back when that became normal for financial apps, and the ability to monitor/manage account balance from anywhere was hard to give up.
- jijji 4y agoAlmost every bank I've seen still allows web based logins.
- brnt 4y agoHere basically every bank now requires an app for 2 factor. Even the government is going there.
- quantum_magpie 4y agoFor my bank I can only use their android/ios 2-factor app or their own physical authenticator, which I also have, but I found out the hard way that it's vulnerable to rain when in a pocket of a backpack. It is impossible to do anything without the 2nd factor auth of course.
- tpxl 4y agoI had to switch bank because the only 2FA they had was Android/iOS. No physical authenticator, no SMS, no nothing.
- ajford 4y agoGenerally with much reduced functionality compared to a full app. Can't mobile deposit from the web, and couldn't use a one-time access method to use my bank's ATM without my card (which did only occur once, but it was damn convenient). Also, one of my banking institutions is a small credit union whose website does not work well on mobile, but has a well functioning android and iOS app.