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
@falktx Can you use tan generators? I use them for my bank as I don't want my bank account be bound to a phone that can easily get stolen/lost/I dont want google shit on my phone. I think most banks in EU support this, otherwise it's a good reason to switch the bank?
@obsoleszenz those are banned by the EU now afaik, with banks transitioning to the new "strong security" mode of mobile apps at their own pace.
@falktx only tan lists, but not tan generators. So the paper thingy is banned, same as sms tan, but the seperate device where you have to type in a password and scan a qr like thingy is still allowed from what i know. But strong security obviously is the biggest bullshit lie ever made. Especially framing phones as something even farly remote being secure.
@obsoleszenz I have seen those tan generators in german banks, I am yet to see them in a portuguese one. Will have to look/ask around.
And 100% agree with you on that BS excuse of "strong" security, it is all theater.
