Well this sucks, I am locked out of online banking..
Due to EU regulations online banking cannot use SMS or paper authentication methods anymore, requiring the use of "secure" mobile applications instead. 🤦♂️
So now you need an Android or iOS running mobile phone to do tasks that a simple web browser was capable of before.
The new "app" is quite the disaster, contains ads, introduces fees and sometimes doesn't even work at all.
What an improvement! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=caixaeconomica.approva
Oh this is even worse than I thought.
- requires location access (won't work otherwise)
- transactions can use "push notifications", which basically means it goes through google servers, great security and privacy!
Since I do not have PlayStore on my phone, not sure what to do..
Using random apks from the internet seems like a terrible idea, even more for such crucial things as banking.
Obviously the application is not open-source, so won't make it to F-Droid or related services.
😦 😔 😞
@falktx I've got the same concerne with my bank, even install the apk from aurora, but the app requiers google access anyway...
@Nomys_Tempar oh that is nasty.
not sure how this makes any sense at all.
funny that my bank calls this "strong authentication" 😂
@falktx Yeah I was quite pissed off...
My guess is banks just trust google more than there customers.