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> If you don’t have a smartphone, or your phone cannot connect to a service, why is authentication a problem? If you don’t network access you lose access to the
by cesarb 3y ago
> If you don’t have a smartphone, or your phone cannot connect to a service, why is authentication a problem? If you don’t network access you lose access to the network
It might seem surprising these days, but the parent poster might have network access through means other than a phone.
- MrVandemar 3y agoI do :-)
- denton-scratch 3y agoThe only reason I have a smartphone is because many services (especially government services, like tax and the NHS) require a mobile phone so you can receive SMS. It's like how the government used to produce documents as MS Office files; they were forcing the public to go along with their choice of software company. Most government docs are now PDFs, happily. But forcing people to choose between Android and iPhone (or forgoing service) is pretty nasty - these devices are expensive.
- luma 3y agoThen use that other device for the auth flow? I'm not surprised by that, but am surprised by your implication that it would still involve your phone.