OT

and how do you prove to the financial institute that it was you who first registered their face/fingerprint on the phone?

anyone could buy a phone and pretend that it belongs to me, for this purpose

oh no it isn't

for people with poor eyesight and fat fingers absolutely nothing is best done on a phone (other than making calls, of course)

doesn't need to be a smart phone though

my candy bar works perfectly well for such verification

SWMBO can't use a fingerprint phone - she suffers from Raynauds Disease which is poor blood circulation in the fingers/toes.

agreed...I would never bank on the phone...

you can't beat a nokia 1100

I gave up on the fingerprint stuff when I found that to get into the phone took 1, 2, 3 or more attempts. F*ck that. A little bit longer to type in the code but it takes the same amount of time, every time, and it works, every time.

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Huh! Amazon 2 factor requires me to click a link:-(

You couldn't on yours :-)

It was enough to knock 20% off US tech valuations last week.

What people forget is that even when building societies were offering 1,2,3 year deposits paying 7%, it was because 10-year bond yields were slightly higher, and more importantly inflation was probably about 6%. People don't notice inflation until it gets out of hand and bank base rate (which was always politically motivated) goes up.

If we are heading back to a period of higher inflation then it might be better time to think about with-profits funds again, shock horror.

last time I looked

Amazon wasn't a bank

Perfect phone for me then.......

It can receive SMS messages, yes. But how will it verify your vaccination status?

it wont

therefore it is wrong of HMG to assume everyone has suitable phone for that, because they already have one to do online banking

Never does on mine.

So does the fingerprint on mine. You just need a well designed phone.

Mine works fine most of the time, but when I have been doing DIY and have had glue, plaster, mortar, concrete or things like that on my fingers, the fingerprint reader won't work for days.

Never get anything like that with mine. What is the model of the phone ?

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Indeed. Same assumption that all customers have a smart phone though.

What happens on your phone is a matter of complete indifference to me Wodney.