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From: David Wade <dave@g4ugm.invalid>
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On 05/03/2025 18:25, Abandoned Trolley wrote:
> On 05/03/2025 16:38, David Wade wrote:
>> 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
> 
> 
> I manage my online banking with a web browser on a desktop computer 
> (with no wireless connection) and my bank doesnt have my mobile phone 
> number.
> 
> I have one of those PIN sentry things for when they want to get personal

UK banks seem to have stopped supplying those.

Dave