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I got rid of my smartphone several years ago and haven't looked back. Whenever possible, I use SMS-based 2FA on my dumbphone (a LightPhone II). When an authenticator app is required, I just use KeePassXC on my GNU/Linux desktop computer. This is an open source password manager that also has the ability to generate the time-based passcodes associated with proprietary 2FA programs like Google or Microsoft Authenticator. Give it a try and see if it meets your needs. Good luck and happy hacking!

things like this

are the reason why

i have begun to detest tech

even despite altruistic uses

i don't think the benefits

outweigh the consequences

anymore

lately i feel like

the computing revolution

was a huge mistake

for humanity

So much for open interfaces... What a mess indeed.

Well, if i would not have played Shadowrun in the 90s i would be surprised... there was the idea of a SIN, a System Identification Number, without this you simply didn't exist for the state, the corporations and everyone else. It seems, the SIN has arrived, in form of the smartphone and the ID we have on the networks of the various proprietary providers like google...

Perhaps the only defense is complete non-compliance...

I share the two-factor app problem. Currently, I use the 2FA app on an old Samsung Galaxy S8 I keep in my desk drawer, which contains nothing but the 2FA app and Samsung/Google bloatware. It works as long as both devices have an Internet connection.

The problem with this, of course, is that now I have two smartphones, when I want to exist in a state where I require zero smartphones. It didn't solve the problem of needing the 2FA app or a smartphone, just the problem of me not wanting the 2FA app to be on my daily driver phone.

"You don't exist without a smartphone" is definitely a pervasive problem. So is "it's not a violation of your rights if we do it with an app."

It might be a warning sign in the future. In the future, way to talk In real life thrown out of the window. Not to mind, that AI bots remove the last glimpses of human communication. All it takes now is the government to follow suit. Then we will have at best, a Farenhight 451 situation. At worst we will have a 1984, situation.

Let’s hope we can change it for the better.