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Re:Android phones are sending significant amount of user dat... by joshuaissac on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @01:05PM (#28842191)
It usually happens when someone pays with a credit or debit card. If the confirmation is not given in the app within a certain time limit, the bank rejects the card transaction.

Edit: to clarify, my comment is about the UK, and it does not happen with most card transactions; "usually" here refers instead to card transactions being the usual trigger (in my experience) for this app-based authentication flow.

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Re:Android phones are sending significant amount of user dat... by dylan604 on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @01:14PM (#28842309)
"Usually" is a bit of sticky word here. Your usual is not my usual, hence my questioning of it. My experience is US centric, so I'm assuming non-US but non-US is a really big place.
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