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> good luck running banking apps without Google SafetyNet. Doesn't most banks have a mobile version of their website. Maybe not the best but it could be a good
by brunoqc 2y ago
> good luck running banking apps without Google SafetyNet.
Doesn't most banks have a mobile version of their website. Maybe not the best but it could be a good compromise.
- zamadatix 2y agoIf you want to go in and do the basics (check balance, do a normal transfer, look at activity) this can get you by. A lot of the more useful features tend to be app only though. E.g. "scan to deposit check" is an app only item for my bank.
- hansvm 2y agoI can do that sort of thing from the Ally website. Which is good, because Google is actively killing off support for devices more than a few years old, and I can't run most new apps on my phone, banking or otherwise (old apps are hit-or-miss, but the practice of forcing updates to the latest version poisons most of them).
- ggm 2y agoYou got a cheque? How quaint. I haven't used one in almost 2 decades. (Australia) in fact when telstra refunded me $2.50 by cheque I simply threw it away. This has to be a predominantly American problem, right? I cannot imagine a cohort of Australian, Asian, New Zealand, British and European continental users noping out of an app because not cheque enabled.
- Tor3 2y agoI'm as old as a dinosaur and I haven't used a cheque in my life, not even back when bank accounts were managed through this little paper book with numbers and stamps.
- izacus 2y agoMost banks here in Europe require Mobile apps to login into their website.
- NotPractical 2y agoSo the EU attempts to invade your privacy using smartphones [1] and forces duopoly-brand smartphones upon its citizens, yet it fails to compel Apple to allow true sideloading, so you're stuck choosing between "no freedom but some privacy" or "no privacy but some freedom"? Their digital policy initiatives overall seem like a net loss for EU citizens as it stands. [1] https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/19/24181214/eu-chat-control https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/19/24181214/eu-chat-control
- kaliqt 2y agoThe EU as a whole is a net loss for citizens, always has been.
- izacus 2y agoYou really had to stretch a lot of bullshit just to rant over chat control here, didn't you?
- fractallyte 2y agoThe point is that we're being forced into a duopoly, which is unacceptable.
- NotPractical 2y agoI was trying to make a case that when you add up everything the EU has done recently with regards to digital policy, you get a net loss for EU citizens. Their attempt at chat control decrements the score by a significant amount. Amending the DMA to have it not be completely useless would increment it by a significant amount, but it is unknown if that will happen yet.
- lobochrome 2y agoAs far as I have evidence, that is not true in Germany. I have accounts with three banks, and all of them can be managed with SMS 2FA and web access.
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- fuomag9 2y agoHere in Europe you cannot login to bank websites without the bank app on your phone for 2FA codes
- daneel_w 2y agoWhere in Europe? Everywhere on the continent? Certainly not in Sweden where I live. The major banks here use 2FA but not mandated to a mobile app.
- ekianjo 2y agoWhy don't they use a third party authenticator instead?
- anondane 2y agoThat's simply not factually correct. You can use bank web sites entirely without a smartphone. Banks supply this option as there are really - surprise! - people without smart phones who still has money. My own bank does not even use 2FA. I log in using the officiel state sponsored digital ID (yes, without having a smartphone). This is in Denmark. (sorry about the new anon account, it's been so long since I posted I've forgotten my old account. Perhaps I should use a PW mgr...)
- Tor3 2y agoEurope is not one single country, and for me that statement is 100% untrue.