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Have You Ever Considered a Dumbphone or Do You Currently Use One? (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by CherryClan@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org
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I had a dumb phone until around 2011 and I really miss not staring at my phone all of the time. The only thing that gives me pause is my family sending links via text. I've tried other ways to limit screen time but if it's there I'm gonna use it.

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[–] apis@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My bank is inaccessible without a smartphone & there aren't alternatives I can move to, so until that changes am stuck with having one. Often consider getting a dumb phone for everything else I use a phone for (texts, alarm clock & ability to make emergency calls).

But as things stand I barely have enough use of any phone to warrant having two of the damn things.

[–] CherryClan@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

oh wow that is wild about your bank. reminds me that some stuff at my work requires 2FA via app so idk how I'd get around that

[–] Tin@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

I have some stuff at work that requires 2fa too. I have an old iphone with no SIM in it in my office, I use it for authentication and that's it :)

[–] apis@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, like ostensibly there are alternatives to 2FA which do not rely on a phone, but they're not nearly so easy to set up, and there's potential for a lot of woe stemming from user error, even if your work stuff facilitates them. They're apparently more secure though, so maybe you can persuade your work to go offer the option on that basis?