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I would try to call them and flat-out tell them that you don't own a smartphone. Just tell them that you're using a dumb flipphone to communicate. Maybe they have a way to authenticate via SMS or alternative means. Else that would mean that peopler from an older generation who still don't have smartphones are just excluded from using this bank, which would be strange.

Else your only option is to buy a cheap android phone which you only use for this login. In a way that makes your banking activities even more secure because you're only using the device for 2FA codes :)




Except this insecure, non-updated device would also be sending tonns of data to Google continuously.


I know that security cracks will not like what follows - If you only use it for 2FA codes, does it really matter?


It matters, because your insecure device will be sending data to outside servers without your control, possibly with buggy software interceptable by hackers. So your 2FA codes could be technically intercepted before you know it.




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