On Mon, 20 Apr 2026 at 21:41, altoid via Dng <dng@???> wrote:
> > ... a mobile phone is potentially a very vulnerable device ...
> > ... people are encouraged to use it for banking ...
> Actually, banks and other agents force their clients to use a mobile
> phone, shutting them out of their usual 'home banking' operations
> with the requirenment that a mobile phone be used along with a
> 'token' instead of a six digit SMS.

When one of my banks switched to mandating their app, I called them up
(which is a pain, I hate phones and I hate talking to banks, the utter
tedium of it all is not fun) and pointed out that I simply do not own
a mobile phone, and they were able to switch to a different way of
doing things. Not TOTPs which would be my preference, but at least
something that didn't require a phone.

Give your bank a try, they might have an alternative.

ChrisA