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dheerayesterday at 4:53 PM2 repliesview on HN

Browser is great until it tells you that you need to use a mobile device.

This happens all the time on multiple KYC platforms in the US.

My laptop is an equally mobile device, they just don't recognize that.


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zephenyesterday at 5:25 PM

So far, I have only found this with T-Mobile's app.

The good news is that I can go into the nearby T-Mobile store and have them deal with it.

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bdangubicyesterday at 6:54 PM

you have an example where you are forced to use a mobile device? genuinely interested cause while I have a smartphone I don’t have hardly any “apps” on it (on my iphone all the “apps” are on the first “page” (without grouping). I do not like the idea of losing a phone and potentially someone getting access to my entire digital life (my phone password is 6 zeros) and I genuinely do not use phone for anything important