alt Hacker News> No bank in the EU requires a smartphone
They may not require one, but good luck getting transactions done without one. My EU bank branches are now only open 3 hours a day, and to approve an online transaction without the app means phoning the bank during business hours…
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smakt • last Sunday at 2:16 AM
>good luck getting transactions done without one
you mean like I do all the time with my high-tech plastic code card? At any time of day or night, workday or weekend? I must be lucky because I have been doing it for decades.
Your mistake was telling them you agree to use their app in your insecure smartphone. You were not obligated to do so.
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many banks have alternative methods in addition to the app, typically hardware keys or OTP devices.
Also, many banks allow loading apps on non-Google Androids like in this list: https://community.e.foundation/t/list-banking-apps-on-e-os/3...
there is life outside Google/Apple, and we should support it.