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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Codes sent by text message
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:19:03 +0100
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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
>>
>> ...
>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> 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.


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.