I've locked myself out of my digital life

Re:I've locked myself out of my digital life by tgsovlerkhgsel on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @08:49AM (#31653454)

That's a great recipe to fumble and accidentally reset the device.

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Re:I've locked myself out of my digital life by causi on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @09:16AM (#31653781)

How? The original battery provides power while you're soldering on the backup and the backup is solidly soldered on while you swap out the original. How could you be so clumsy you rip out a solder joint?

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Re:I've locked myself out of my digital life by kalleboo on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @09:28AM (#31653965)

What if it's only held in by the case itself and not a clip? Then I'd disconnect it simply by opening the device?

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Re:I've locked myself out of my digital life by shoghicp on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @09:51AM (#31654293)

You are correct. Those BankID physical devices have tamper switches that erase RAM on device opening.

An alternative is debit card bankid (as a smartcard, then add Mobile BankID back), but it's being deprecated soon.

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Re:I've locked myself out of my digital life by causi on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @09:46AM (#31654235)

Since you knew it was a CR2032 I assumed you were already familiar with it.

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Re:I've locked myself out of my digital life by kalleboo on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @12:59PM (#31657184)

I just guessed by the physical size of the device. I guess it could be a smaller coin cell as well.

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Re:I've locked myself out of my digital life by tgsovlerkhgsel on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @03:52PM (#31673070)

Accidentally disconnecting the original battery while messing with it. Or shorting something out.

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