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On 05/03/2025 14:29, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> David Wade <dave@g4ugm.invalid> wrote:
> [...]
> 
>> Now I know to do these things in the UK on-line requires a mobile linked
>> to an e-mail account, so lose your mobile and buy a new one you are
>> screwed...
> 
>    Why would you be screwed? Yes, a new phone costs money, it's -
> rightfully so - a hassle to get a replacement SIM and restoring your
> apps and data is not all that easy, but "screwed"?

because where you have no local branch of a bank, as is now common in 
the UK, you are forced to use on-line services. UK law now requires that 
such on-line services use some form of 2FA, most send a text to your 
mobile. However if you consider your PAYG SIMM disposable you now have a 
new number and have the hassle of trying to update it on the banks 
records...

Dave