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This should be far more secure and privacy friendly than a Sim card of a cellular connection. Why isn't this done more often? What are the Pros and Cons. I bet the price is similar as well.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Still so much 2FA via SMS where I am in Aus.

I'd prefer to move everything over to something like Signal but I neeed a phone # to register for that but how do u tell the bank my Signal ID is @hanrhan.666

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

How do you tell your bank to use simplex to send you a verification code ?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Well I've tried, but usually they just don't respond to my emails

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Sorry this is not for replacing banks verification