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I’ve found that many times when a service says this the system will work with any OTP program. They just don’t tell you specifically. Maybe they don’t know, think it’ll confuse, and/or prefer you didn’t.
Not always, some countries actually require this to be sent over a bank-specific protocol.
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Would you mind saying what phone you have, and which script? I'm using a (by now rather old) OnePlus 5 and potentially in the market for an upgrade -- and easy rootability is more my key feature than bling or a 50 megapixel camera....
I'm also hanging on to my OP5 on Lineage. Always keeping an eye out for a replacement: * runs Lineage, * dual SIM, * not enormous, * headphone jack (nice to have). There's nothing out there.
It is great, and the offical unlock tool works seamlessly.
But you have to wait a week before unlocking, which I guess is there for you to """try""" MIUI. Still not a problem, though.
It looks like KDE Connect doesn't have reproducible builds set up for F-droid. I wonder if this problem could be avoided with reproducible builds?
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In the past year, I have used a pinephone+keyboard with Arch, a oneplus 6t with postmarketOS, and a pixel 7a with GrapheneOS. In my opinion, Graphene is significantly easier to daily drive because the applications are designed for a phone's form factor.
Could you share which Pinephone apps you needed that aren't designed for a phone's form factor?
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The constant nagging when you tell Google "no" shows how little respect they have for their users. Messages by Google, which is primarily an SMS app, is asking me every 1-2 weeks to enable RCS chats. The link for declining the request is small and easy to miss, while the AGREE button below it takes up 25% of the area of the popup. Dear Google UX designers, the way you present your little "decline" links is illegal in…
I dislike how there's no complete open source RCS implementation, and after trying it out a few years ago, I now actively avoid it (I instead use QKSMS on Android)... But I don't see the problem with the decline link and EU law? AFAIK, most EU regulations are about tracking and consent in using your information... In this case, you're already using a Google product (the Messages app), and Google is just (aggressively…
"Honestly, the days of any third-party SMS app are numbered."[0]
[0] I asked Signal motivations for SMS removal: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33258684
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Do not use banking apps on a phone because it is not secure (there is no second factor). Use bank's website on a laptop instead.
As I said, for many banks, in order to log in to the bank's website on a laptop, you need to receive a 2FA code sent through the bank’s app on an Android phone.
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In some countries one no longer has that possibility. Not everywhere has a range of banks to choose from, sometimes mergers have resulted in just a handful of banks for a country, all of which enforce use of an Android app. Oh, it’s fsflover, the poster with the Librem idée fixe . Haven’t noticed you here in couple of years. Your comment elsewhere here about GrapheneOS not requiring much less effort to daily drive is…
Of course, in some countries you have lack of important freedoms, which says a lot about their state of democracy. However if your country gives you a choice, consider using it in order to not lose it. It's nice to know that I'm somewhat famous. I never suggested that running banking apps on GNU/Linux phones was as easy as on Android forks (however, reportedly it is possible for some banks). I meant other daily tasks…
My bank does not offer Western Union transfers, for example, because there's been too much fraud. And does not accept root-platform devices as 2FA "something you have" factors.
Liberty or consumer protection? Your choice, really.
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Why? There are other equally open source os's I can just run instead, that don't require me to excuse or verify anything? Even if there were something special about graphene that made it more desirable, the real way to deal with an open source project with something unacceptable about it's production or management, is to fork it. But I already have something else to do all day, and am happy to run lineage or calyx or…
The point is, you don't have to trust Micay about a darn thing. The code is open. That's the whole point. Dismissing open source software because you don't trust the developer is absurd.
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The point is, you don't have to trust Micay about a darn thing. The code is open. That's the whole point. Dismissing open source software because you don't trust the developer is absurd.
Saying that you don't have to trust anyone because the code is open is absurd.
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Saying that you don't have to trust anyone because the code is open is absurd.
If Micay says, "The code does X," anyone who can read it can review it and say, "No it doesn't. It does Y." It's right there. You don't have to trust him. He's shown it to you.