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Vent about bank apps (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 day ago by shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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When talking about degoogle i always hear something to the effect of "but, my bank app bruh"

FUCK YO MUTHA FUCKIN BANK APP!!!

Like seriously, you lazy fuck head. You can use your fucking bank from this thing called a web browser. Some good examples are Firefox or Chromium.

If your bank does not allow you to use a website to manage your account, then SWITCH FUCKING BANKS!

I've heard that some people live in the European hellhole where you can't do banking from a website because of needing a phone to authenticate. In which case, buy yourself a cheap little ass Android phone that sits in a drawer powered off at all times unless you fucking need it.

You sorry excuse for a human being have no integrity because you talk like you want to maintain your sovereignty and then you're like, "oh, but it's too hard", so you do nothing.

-- vent over

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[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Please point out where I said carry a second device. I said have a second device and only use it when you need to use your bank. I said nothing about carrying it.

What I specifically said was to buy a secondary device that sits in a drawer powered off unless you need to use it. And unless you're carrying your drawer around with you, you wouldn't be carrying that device.

[–] irotsoma@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 15 hours ago

Some are required in order to approve purchases or to access customer service on case a fraud warning prevents a transaction from going through the first time or if you just need some savings money transferred to your checking in order to make a purchase which you might use a mobile app or call customer service to do rather than having to go home and come back to the store. There are several reasons to need to access your money when you are outside of the house. The things that require the app authentication vary by bank, but some are going to be urgent enough that it's going to risk purchases getting rejected if you don't have the app with you at all times.