Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Micro-Review "ATT Home-Advanced" System Date: 3 Oct 2026 20:05:09 GMT Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <1197vte$aj7i$2@dont-email.me> <119aerl$148vi$1@dont-email.me> <119ah4s$14n5b$3@dont-email.me> <119d6m9$24b8p$5@dont-email.me> <6ac0c839$0$31881$426a74cc@news.free.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net ciffSI+B54EeBK9X7S22TwIWNFjm1M4i/iILWqiatTqfRFlz8e Cancel-Lock: sha1:6jrPyDTWYrHA2yY/5WROiQ+MyIs= sha256:3jLG80QO9bCiFNJ6iqYJ3M7d0ctkHKdJ3xXlsxy6v10= User-Agent: Pan/0.165 (Kostiantynivka) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:92776 On 03 Oct 2026 09:17:46 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote: > Le 03-10-2026, Charlie Gibbs a écrit : >> On 2026-10-03, c186282 wrote: >> >>> https://www.foxnews.com/tech/android-malware-steal-pin-bank-logins >> >> They missed my favourite preventive step: Don't use a smartphone. > > It's not always an option. In China, if you want to buy anything, you > need a smartphone. In France, you can avoid a smartphone, but you will > avoid a lot of things which require a smartphone. And it looks like it > will become more and more mandatory. The last time I renewed my vehicle registration you signed in at a kiosk and you were notified when a clerk was ready by a text message to your phone. There was a provision for people without a phone but I don't know how well it worked. I hadn't went in physically for years but when they sent the new plates they failed to include the stickers with the expiration month and date.