Re: Codes sent by text message

On 2024-03-13 09:16, Chris wrote:

Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2024-03-12 13:53, Newyana2 wrote:

"AJL" <noemail@none.org> wrote

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As Carlos put it, people addicted to cellphones
would like to believe that everyone else "does not matter".
They not only want cellphone options, they want cellphone
interaction to be enforced as the only option. They
want to live in Cellphone World.

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Addicted? No, simply banks are using a device that everybody has,
instead of making their clients buy an extra hardware device, not cheap,
for needed extra security.

 Banks here used to provide a hardware device for free which you used with
your bank card at home.
 The annoying thing was that you ended up with one for each bank - despite
using the same technology - and you were stuck if you didn't have it with
you.

Yep.
Another method was a card with a list of random numbers, and each time we had to type one of those. It is cheaper than the gadget, but otherwise, you have to carry it around and it has no password hiding it.
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Cheers, Carlos.