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[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nope. Go back to dumb phones and carry laptop for stuff you'd need smartphone for.

[–] ook@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Does not work for everything.

In my country we use an app to identify ourselves online but also in a shop, e.g. when picking up packages. It is called BankID.

Many of these purposes would not work on a laptop and if they do it would require you to use their proprietary dongle, or whatever that is called, to input a certain code. So you got another extra device to carry around.

These guys won't give a fuck about making a linux compatible app for this.

[–] lunsjentilanette@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In my country we use an app to identify ourselves online but also in a shop, e.g. when picking up packages. It is called BankID.

Is this norway or are there other countries with the same system / same name for the same kinda thing?

Anyway in norway i have never ever been asked to use bankid for any other purpose than banking, payments or any kind of official service online. And i have a physical token that i received only 3-4 weeks ago so i dont need a smartphone for that.

Btw bankid for mobile works fine on custom roms, ive been using that for a long time. I wonder if it would work on waydroid?

[–] ook@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 22 hours ago

Sweden. So the use of it is probably different.

And I know it would work right now on Graphene, but that does not guarantee it will in the next years still. If there is no official stance on it, apps like this can break anytime something major gets updated.

[–] viking 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Norway? I used to have a standalone token for BankID when I lived there, but that was until 2011.

[–] tordenflesk@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah, those aren't being issued anymore, but if you already have one it still works as a backup.

[–] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

So what does the app do then? Can you bank without it?

Never heard of this and the absence of a standalone hardware thing sounds nuts.

[–] tordenflesk@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

It's just 2fa

[–] lunsjentilanette@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago

I mean i just got mine like 3-4 weeks ago but sure...