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Re:LineageOS is currently installed on 1.5M Android devices by brnt on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @01:12AM (#39271342)
Around here using an app for two factor is widely a default. Even the government requires it for their services. It's a practical requirement, just like how a back account itself is.
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Re:LineageOS is currently installed on 1.5M Android devices by dheera on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @01:14AM (#39271359)
What app? A standard app like Google Authenticator?

If so you can get a Yubikey and use Yubikey authenticator on a LineageOS device and it will work fine with all of those services. It follows the same standard as Google Authenticator and is a drop-in replacement.

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Re:LineageOS is currently installed on 1.5M Android devices by guerrilla on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @01:26AM (#39271407)
No. BankID in Sweden. Other countries have similar. You need it for everything.
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Re:LineageOS is currently installed on 1.5M Android devices by Symbiote on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @02:27AM (#39271779)
MitID in Denmark, and many across Europe for government and/or banking.

I will install LineageOS once I need apps that my old phone no longer supports. I ordered the MitID backup key generator in case their app doesn't work, but I'd prefer not to need to carry it.

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Re:LineageOS is currently installed on 1.5M Android devices by guerrilla on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @08:46AM (#39274094)
You inspired me to be slightly less lazy. In case anyone finds this, it seems like you can get BankID to work[1], at least according to comments from three years ago. Who knows if that still works or is sustainable though.

1. https://www.reddit.com/r/sweden/comments/ocd6v0/bankid_med_l...

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Re:LineageOS is currently installed on 1.5M Android devices by brnt on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @07:36AM (#39273543)
Each their own individual apps. I only wish they standardized on TOTP or U2F.
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Re:LineageOS is currently installed on 1.5M Android devices by patrakov on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @12:15PM (#39277155)
The "funny" thing is that the underlying algorithm is often still TOTP. What the banks do not like is the standard QR-code based mechanism of key distribution and the possibility to export the key.
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