• the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    Does your bank have a Linux application? Of course not, you’re using the website. So why not use the website on your phone?

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      7 months ago

      Most of the mobile sites I visited seemed to have only one goal, to get you to use the app and the mobile interface is often so bad that you’d better use the app

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          7 months ago

          In the EU you have to verify your identity every time you log into your bank. You either need a physical token or you can use a mobile app to verify it’s really you

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            No, you don’t. That’s your bank or maybe an Italy thing, but I can login without providing anything beyond my username and password. I do need to use an app to authorise transactions, but not for logging in and viewing my account balance or transaction history, pending transfers, etc.

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            7 months ago

            Why do I need to use a mobile website? I guess the comment I replied to was meaning they require their app for mobile banking vs browser which I should have realized

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              7 months ago

              The comment is deleted now but it said something like “I’ll tell the bank I don’t have a smart phone so I can’t use the app” implying this would force the bank to allow them to use a mobile website.

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                7 months ago

                What I misunderstood was what the bank required an app for, in my very sick and sleep deprived mind I thought they were saying banks required you to install their app to get service from that bank in any form which I thought was absurd, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.

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                  7 months ago

                  Ohhhh, I see. Yeah, that is not the case anywhere I know of. Also, I hope you feel better soon tocopherol

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      7 months ago

      Mobile web interfaces for banks are complete shit, and often can’t be circumvented.