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Re:EU Abolishes Tan Lists and Banking Apps on Rooted Phones ... by bradknowles on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @01:02AM (#19489420)
It’s actually “TAN” lists, and based on an initial skim of this page, I’m assuming this is an acronym of some sort for a type of one-time use passwords.

Perhaps one of our readers from Germany can help us clarify?

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Re:EU Abolishes Tan Lists and Banking Apps on Rooted Phones ... by timakro on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @02:19AM (#19489643)
It stands for "Transaction authentication number", in Germany this term is widely used, not sure about other European countries.

And yes you are correct, this is a one-time password you enter to authenticate a bank transaction.

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