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   kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Feb-2023 06:28:28 JST kaia
   so fedi security people: my bank wants me to install an app. I have a very dirty phone and I like to click on stuff and am not very secure... what should I do?
   
   do you have a second phone? what's the most secure option?
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     lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Feb-2023 06:28:27 JST lainy

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     @kaia second phone. although android also supports multiple accounts, so you can make one dirty account and a clean one for banking etc.
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     just an actual husbear (guizzy@pleroma.guizzyordi.info)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Feb-2023 06:29:40 JST just an actual husbear

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     @kaia In my threat model, the "dirty" stuff I do on my phone puts banking with a mainstream bank within the same enveloppe, so I personally I just wouldn't bother separating it. Unless you have a rooted phone with weird software from shifty randos, your insecure habits are likely infinitely better than your average normie elderly person's, and those still OVERWHELMINGLY get "hacked" or defrauded through disclosing information they shouldn't, not through their device being insecure.
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     grillchen (grillchen@brotka.st)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Feb-2023 06:30:27 JST grillchen

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     @kaia
     -tan generator (physical device)
     -fido2 (in the app) with a key with NFC
     -an dedicated old phone (worst option)
     -fuck it
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     kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Feb-2023 07:26:09 JST kaia

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     • lainy
     @lain think I'll get a second "public" phone that I can also show to others without fear
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