Finland introduces the world’s first phone-free tourist island

Re:Finland introduces the world’s first phone-free tourist i... by _hush_ on Monday July 17, 2023 @03:35AM (#36755197)

How do you do 2FA? Bank wire confirmations?

Never need Google Maps? No whatsapp and messenger to talk to friends and family?

I'd love to be smartphone free but fail to see how I could do without those uses

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Re:Finland introduces the world’s first phone-free tourist i... by jussij on Monday July 17, 2023 @03:49AM (#36755281)

Dumb mobile phones still have SMS, so 2FA still works and since it is a telephone, talking to friends and family is also possible. I suspect the reasons the OP gave up on the smart phone was to get away from all of those phone apps.

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Re:Finland introduces the world’s first phone-free tourist i... by _Algernon_ on Monday July 17, 2023 @04:32AM (#36755557)

You probably shouldn't use SMS based 2fa. It's much worse than the alternatives.

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Re:Finland introduces the world’s first phone-free tourist i... by Mordisquitos on Monday July 17, 2023 @04:58AM (#36755708)

While SMS-based 2FA may be worse than the alternatives, it is clear that the previous commenter has decided that having a smartphone is much worse than the alternatives.

Unless their financial institution offers a non-smartphone 2FA option, such as a PIN-based card reader[0], having to use SMS-based 2FA is a reasonable price to pay.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Authentication_Program

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Re:Finland introduces the world’s first phone-free tourist i... by throw_pm23 on Monday July 17, 2023 @01:15PM (#36760980)

For wire transfer there are still alternatives although becoming more and more difficult unfortunately. Other things one can still do without a smartphone, and the benefits outweigh the cons (for me at least).

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