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Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by Elfener on Friday January 09, 2026 @12:18PM (#46556234)
In Hungary, where the central bank created the same rule about not allowing banking apps on "unoffical" devices, they do, but you need either the app or SMS for 2FA. Apparently they consider SMS secure...
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Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by drnick1 on Friday January 09, 2026 @12:22PM (#46556294)
The idea is that while SMS may not be "secure" in general, it is secure enough when used as the second authentication factor.
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Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by d3nit on Friday January 09, 2026 @06:01PM (#46560638)
Tbh it's way less annoying, than I tought when they introduced.
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