Re:Apple to Pull 'iDOS 2' DOS Emulator from App Store
by sersi on Friday July 23, 2021 @08:34AM
(#27929963)
My banks no longer allow SMS 2fa. The only 2fa available are those through their mobile app. So without android or iOS banking will quickly become impossible.
And I wish I could just switch banks but in some situation it's not possible and in the country I currently live in, it seems that now no banks support 2fa SMS for any transaction above a tiny amount anyway.
Re:Apple to Pull 'iDOS 2' DOS Emulator from App Store
by ksec on Friday July 23, 2021 @03:43PM
(#27934815)
In additional to those comments on banking and 2FA, these banking apps also requires certain version of Android and IOS ( rightly so because of security concern ). Which means you are now, in some way forced to upgrade your phone every x years if your phone no longer gets any software update.
Re:Apple to Pull 'iDOS 2' DOS Emulator from App Store
by calvin_ on Friday July 23, 2021 @02:16PM
(#27933927)
Most of these apps are just dipping mustards around HOTP/TOTP, so it's a standard protocol. There's an ecosystem of standard applications around it; Twilio, Microsoft, and Google all make pretty popular ones.
Re:Apple to Pull 'iDOS 2' DOS Emulator from App Store
by megous on Monday July 26, 2021 @02:15PM
(#27963028)
That sounds good, as long as the bank API for this is open and documented.
Re:Apple to Pull 'iDOS 2' DOS Emulator from App Store
by realusername on Friday July 23, 2021 @08:55AM
(#27930111)
In Europe, SMS 2fa is getting deprecated in favor of apps, you can still get a device generating tokens sent by post in most banks but who knows for how long they will keep that running.
I don't mind if banks/govs require use of some protocol. But forcing use of specific apps goes against past achievements to make public institutions use open formats and protocols, so I reject that where possible, or complain.
It should not be acceptable. I still remember times when people had to pirate MS office to be able to open some .doc from their gov, or use MS windows to run some proprietary form filling software. That's mostly a thing of the past, thankfully. "My-app or highway" attitude feels like a setback in that regard.