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| Kim Christensen:
--- Quote from: SmallCog on January 23, 2022, 09:47:35 pm ---Not sure which state the OP is in but with the Covid Check in's I'd much rather scan a QR code as I walk into a shop than stop and fill in all my personal details on a piece of paper. --- End quote --- But you can just have a card with the QR code on it.... |
| ebastler:
--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on January 23, 2022, 07:31:31 pm --- --- Quote ---google and other other log in's are now requesting mobile phone numbers as ID --- End quote --- Buy one of those security dongles with the 6" touch screen. [...] Neglect to insert a SIM. Bosh. --- End quote --- How would a phone without a SIM provide you with a mobile phone number and the ability to perform 2FA via SMS? |
| Karel:
--- Quote from: ebastler on January 24, 2022, 06:52:54 am --- --- Quote from: dunkemhigh on January 23, 2022, 07:31:31 pm --- --- Quote ---google and other other log in's are now requesting mobile phone numbers as ID --- End quote --- Buy one of those security dongles with the 6" touch screen. [...] Neglect to insert a SIM. Bosh. --- End quote --- How would a phone without a SIM provide you with a mobile phone number and the ability to perform 2FA via SMS? --- End quote --- I would like to know that as well :) |
| PlainName:
--- Quote from: MK14 on January 24, 2022, 03:18:05 am ---This seems relevant. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60067032 --- Quote ---The people deciding to ditch their smartphones --- End quote --- --- End quote --- Indeed it does, but not in the way everyone seems to be worrying about. What they are highlighting there is not phone use per se but social media use. The lady in the article says she dumped her phone and told all her friends and family they would now have to, ah, phone her since she'd reverted to some old thing that only did calls and texts. The problem is not phones. It is people being glued to the likes of Facebook via their phones. |
| PlainName:
--- Quote from: ebastler on January 24, 2022, 06:52:54 am --- --- Quote from: dunkemhigh on January 23, 2022, 07:31:31 pm --- --- Quote ---google and other other log in's are now requesting mobile phone numbers as ID --- End quote --- Buy one of those security dongles with the 6" touch screen. [...] Neglect to insert a SIM. Bosh. --- End quote --- How would a phone without a SIM provide you with a mobile phone number and the ability to perform 2FA via SMS? --- End quote --- Google can use the authenticator without a SIM. But if you need one, just don't make or receive calls. And... https://tinyurl.com/bddz93td |
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