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Needing a government app to approve credit card transactions sounds very dystopian. Or did I misread that?
by artisinal 2mo ago
Needing a government app to approve credit card transactions sounds very dystopian. Or did I misread that?
- KomoD 2mo agoIt's not a government app, and you don't need it. BankID (which is the one I assume he's talking about, and not Freja eID) is owned by several banks, but you aren't forced to use it. You can use a "bankdosa" (a separate physical device for auth)
- Symbiote 2mo agoThe app is owned by a consortium of Swedish banks, so you are using a bank app to approve the credit card / bank transaction. At least in my experience, I only needed to authenticate with the app the first time I bought a train ticket, but I don't buy bus/train tickets in Sweden very often. (But this authentication is annoying for trivial online purchases like this, so given the choice I prefer to use a physical card.)