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My iPhone has never had problems knowing who I am. Is the facial recognition tech proprietary to apple/google or does each manufacturer design their own ?

The only time I use a laptop and internet banking is when I need to view, print and save my statements. Every other transaction is done on my Mobi and app. My short arms are no longer a hinderance to my transactions since I started using my reading glasses.

I think you've just guaranteed that EVERYTHING will end up down there !! ????????

Some only have 1 skill...

How deep is the gap going to Be ? My only concern is that if you can drop something down there, you will... ????

Have I told you how incredibly good I am ? I've got 3 monitors and a bottle of baby oil and I know how to use them !!

Who says Mr Owl or anyone needs to make sense to you in here ? I think you need to dial back your sense of self importance and relevance...

I agree that thats the benefit that Mr Owl doesn't understand, the security of smartphones. But I can also see how daunting they can be to someone who has had no exposure to one.

@owl sees all Have you thought of getting/do you have a tablet ? Its an iPad or android type thingy. Sort of like a smartphone that doesn't have a phone ???? but can under certain circumstances... ???? The tablet is like laptop/smartphone hybrid, bigger screen than your phone, but smaller than your laptop, most apps are great to use on them. They use passcode/fingerprint/facial recognition to keep your stuff safe and for you only. Various options from cheap and nasty to top of the range iPad/Samsungs are available.

But if his main access to the bank is via its internet banking software then it is for him. Rightly or wrongly hes reluctant to move to a smartphone and thats leaving him stuck up a creek without a paddle.

I've never used a qr code to pay myself but here in Oz, pubs, cafes etc cash is the exception, my dad would be horrified ! ????

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Just be careful that you set it up for account/password login, otherwise the smartphone will use her facial/fingerprint recognition to validate login to your account !! Even if you do this, you’ll still need to ensure the phone doesn’t save your login details AND that you log out of EVERY banking session you did on her phone. I think you should dismiss this option Owl. Better to bite the bullet and get a smartphone that’s YOURS and then only you can access it.

Yep, often there’s not much in the way of physical security and certainly my wife is almost paranoid about “dangers”.

Yes to all that ???????? But even in Thailand eftpos will expand and cash will decline, until the whole shiiteshow falls over and then we’re back to guns and gold.

You probably shouldn’t take comfort in this, it is exactly why those branches will be closed… one day. Why go to the expense of having retail branches if they’re not being used ? Sooner or later some bean counter on the rise will come up with a way to lower overheads and raise profits, he’ll even get a nice bonus out of it while customers and staff get shafted…

My apologies mate, there I was thinking I was doing a sterling job of keeping stuff simple...%) Electronic Funds Transfer @ Point Of Sale "eftpos" just that little machine that you swipe or tap your card at... or your smartphone, but we wont go back there... ???? As you know I'm a tradie and you can get these little card readers that wifi to your phone and for I believe as little as 1% commission take your customers money from them and deliver it to me. I went to a "lawn sale" (clearing out and selling stuff that you dont want anymore) and the people doing the selling had one. Its becoming a strange old world Owl !

Cash is actually my native language Owl ???? My Dads words still ring in my ears “Don’t put cash in the bank son !” But it’s days are almost at an end sadly. The costs to business of handling cash are too great, time counting, the security risk (internal and external) the time spent at the bank etc… My business was a fairly early adopter of allowing customers to do internet transfers to settle their accounts but I’ve held off using the eftpos machines for now…

I hear you, but what did you do before you could bank on your computer… you went to the branch at lunchtime and stood there like a dolt until lunchtime was over ! The mobile app on a smartphone is a similar revolution! Its like hitting the number 2 key on your Nokia 3 times to select C when you text Mrs Owl, texting on a smartphone is so simple that you’ll do it more often because it’s easy.

I find bread makes my farts smell obnoxious.

Mobile apps are simply a more efficient design for a smaller screen. Sometimes they may lack the functionality of a full desktop browser but usually cover 99%. Smartphones can be daunting to virgins I understand that, but they don’t need to be viewed as anything other than a phone. But you can check your email if you want, it’s really simple to message your Mrs and ask her to grab some Leo before she comes home, you can check your fb/asean now to pass time while she’s shopping for gold and yes, you can even use your banking app to pay your leccy bill. You can live quite happily without a smartphone, but they’re quite handy to have once you lose your fear of them.

Then the disaster is you, everyone else manages just fine with the apps (apart from Mr Owl)

The above figures reflect vaccinations, thank you science community.

100% correct… well, apart from the 6.7 million people that died ???? The vaccines have saved millions of lives. You didn’t need one, great for you.

That’s called survivor bias, how about you come back and let us know when you die and what you died from so we can make an objective evaluation.