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Re:FSF Announces Librephone Project by varispeed on Tuesday October 14, 2025 @10:16PM (#45587378)
Funny that bank software needs approved phone, but runs absolutely fine in the browser. That to me sounds like collusion - something that regulators should look at. There is absolutely no need for banking app to require "legitimate" Android or other operating system.
Re:FSF Announces Librephone Project by lambertsimnel on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @05:38AM (#45590028)
Increasingly, browser-based online banking requires authentication with a proprietary smartphone app, where it used to accept other forms of 2FA
Re:FSF Announces Librephone Project by MrDrMcCoy on Thursday October 16, 2025 @03:07AM (#45602261)
As terrible as proprietary app 2fa is, it still beats the tar out of SMS or email 2fa, security-wise. I don't get why my bank, who used to be pretty cutting edge, never implemented TOTP or passkeys...