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As soon as the local banks here started the push of 'you'll be locked out of your account if you dont activate our App' I switched to a dumb-phone. Tech has tu

As soon as the local banks here started the push of 'you'll be locked out of your account if you dont activate our App' I switched to a dumb-phone. Tech has turned against us, and as a developer I feel very sad about that. I strongly believe that a smart-phone should not be a requirement to partake in society. Something as basic and important as a passport should not be entrusted to these ad-phones. Same with the push for smart-phone fintech / digital currency, or card-only retail. The 'easy option' seems to cost us more and more freedoms. 'This app requires permission to access your passport details. This is only to confirm your date of birth, and thus your eligibility to access the ad infested internet' Having ranted about all that, I have to say that requesting a new UK passport last month was The best website experience I have had in a very long time. Simple UI, clear process, and worked perfectly without needing the latest nightly build of whatever new browser API / GB framework is the monthly fad. Just a shame it is quite ugly compared to the previous European one.

ProllyInfamous 2y ago
>I strongly believe that a smart-phone should not be a requirement to partake in society. I'm 40; I stopped using email in 2016 (save temp-burners for a few necessary signups); essentially never do I carry a cellular phone, nor do I app/text. My bank treats me like a criminal, locking me out of online banking; occassionally they cancel my debit card ("didn't you see our app notification?!"). Jokes on them, though: I live one block away from this bank, so I just walk in constantly to ask them for account balances/transactions, and to poke fun at their ideas of security (e.g. text 2FA, which login.gov specifically declares "bad practice"). It's actually kind of nice, having built rapore with a few of the tellers who already know why I'm visiting their location so often: bad company policies, dependant upon smartphone apps. Should physical identification ever be legislated out of existance, I'd probably just expatriate (at this point, semi-retired).
- whatnotests2 2y ago
  My god, can I please rent your basement? I want off this ride.
  - ProllyInfamous 2y ago
    I always suggest this as the first step: Become "unreachable" — from whom is your choice, but I always suggest to start with ignoring work-related calls/texts, except when *on the clock. Certain countries are beginning to implement "right to disconnect" laws, which require your employer to pay you for contacting you outside of your scheduled work hours. At this point I wouldn't even give a new employer my personal phone number (they'd get a burner for HR docs)... if your employers wants to call/text you, even during work hours, they can provide a phone/number.
ddingus 2y ago
Which bank did that ?!?
HeatrayEnjoyer 2y ago
Which bank is that? None of my banks or credit card companies have any app requirement like that.

ProllyInfamous 2y ago

>I strongly believe that a smart-phone should not be a requirement to partake in society. I'm 40; I stopped using email in 2016 (save temp-burners for a few necessary signups); essentially never do I carry a cellular phone, nor do I app/text. My bank treats me like a criminal, locking me out of online banking; occassionally they cancel my debit card ("didn't you see our app notification?!"). Jokes on them, though: I live one block away from this bank, so I just walk in constantly to ask them for account balances/transactions, and to poke fun at their ideas of security (e.g. text 2FA, which login.gov specifically declares "bad practice"). It's actually kind of nice, having built rapore with a few of the tellers who already know why I'm visiting their location so often: bad company policies, dependant upon smartphone apps. Should physical identification ever be legislated out of existance, I'd probably just expatriate (at this point, semi-retired).

whatnotests2 2y ago
My god, can I please rent your basement? I want off this ride.
- ProllyInfamous 2y ago
  I always suggest this as the first step: Become "unreachable" — from whom is your choice, but I always suggest to start with ignoring work-related calls/texts, except when *on the clock. Certain countries are beginning to implement "right to disconnect" laws, which require your employer to pay you for contacting you outside of your scheduled work hours. At this point I wouldn't even give a new employer my personal phone number (they'd get a burner for HR docs)... if your employers wants to call/text you, even during work hours, they can provide a phone/number.

ddingus 2y ago

Which bank did that ?!?

HeatrayEnjoyer 2y ago

Which bank is that? None of my banks or credit card companies have any app requirement like that.