TroubleandGrumpy

I also recall that many years ago we were on a holiday (in Thailand) and I tried to withdraw money from a 7/11 ATM on the island. It all went wrong and the next thing I knew, the account was blocked. I rang the bank and they said a security trigger had been activated, and I had to go into the branch where I opened the account to get it 'released'. Luckily I had taken the advice of another Expat and had 2 additional bank accounts to draw money from - never used a 7/11 ATM again (nor any ATM not in a Branch, or in a secure location like Makro). Like you, I have several bank accounts - very wise to do that in Thailand - and whichever one you use for Immigration - do not use it unless absolutely needed (say a sudden hospital visit).

Yes. Same thing that bank employees do - they dont do their jobs using a phone !! Come on man - you are wrong - you dont need to admit it, but just stop. PS - getting help on the phone is OK here, but cancelling/stopping an account needs to be at the branch office where you opened the account. EG. I have an old bank account in Chiang Mai where we used to live, but the local head office branch here cannot cancel it - I have to go there. Only Solution - withdraw all money (transfer to other bank account here) and dont use it for 12 months - it will then automatically be cancelled.

You are not in Thailand are you? Call the banks??? You will need to go into the bank where you opened the account (not any bank branch) and try to get them to stop/cancel your accounts - and good luck with that, even if you get there quickly. By the way, banking rules in Thailand are 99% in favour of the bank - you will not get any money back 99% of the time. If you are scammed because you clicked on a malicious QR code (or someone else did using your phone) or any other myriad of possible thefts that can be made with a phone that has banking enabled, it is not much use being notified that all/most of your funds have been withdrawn. Take it as given - they are insecure. The best solution in your situation, that I can think of, is to set up a separate bank account and impose a daily limit of 5000 baht withdrawals in a day, and using a computer transfer over to that account funds as and when needed (keeping below say 10K Baht). Then use that for account for payments with the phone. That limits the danger to a small amount in a secondary account. Especially important if you are using the same main account on your phone and you use that for immigration extensions/renewals.

Not funny - but very very snarky. You dont have a lot of friends do you?

No mate you do what the boss tells you to do.

Your funny ................ not.

Link???

But you do see the 'juvenile' remarks - No??

The Guardian - ROFLOL 🤣 Try this one instead The ‘Twitter Files’ Is What It Claims to Expose (nymag.com) And here is what Elon has stated publicly several times. Trump was restating what Elon Musk told the People and said in his interview with him.

Cards are OK - they have inbuilt security stuff that does not store your passcodes for ATM. They do have your account numbers etc - but not all the full details as per a phone. QR codes can be altered and scanning a malicious code will do far more than open a website - they can give commands that will open a 'quiet' channel/link in the background to other locations too. One problem is that they run even while the browser is down. Some just screw up your phone and others make it a brick. QR code inside a bank - probably OK. QR code sitting on the counter in a coffee shop - no way. QR code developed by a Thai programmer - no thanks.

Up to you - so far so good is not my recommended strategy though. What if someone steals your phone. What if some young family member 'plays' with it. Etc etc etc. There is no argument that it is 'convenient' but to state that it is secure is total rubbish. What you saw - if you watched the videos I linked (FBI one at least?) - is just the beginning of what has been happening and it will happen a lot more going forward. But up to you - and I hope others reading this think again.

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Mate - that is what they do - the use the 'system' against those they want to cancel and silence. They did it to Trump and all the protestors at the Capitol - they are deceitful 2-face cowards IMO.

What amazes me is the lengths they will go to in order to discredit and silence those who trigger their small minded hatred of a political person. Meanwhile, I dont see conservatives spewing forth hate and vitriol about Biden or Obama - we ridicule and question (with some insults) but mostly we point out their hypocrisy, lies and distortions with facts. Sen Warren is not an Indian - and Harris is not a black - but they sure push that BS. Harris has multi-ethnic genes - as per her family photo and there is nothing wrong with that - we all do - but claiming she is black and somehow 'represents' them, is a hypocritical move only Democrats would do for votes. I am sure somewhere in there is European ancestry too - but she aint black - not by a long way.

MSM biased media entertainers. Compare Trump's 4 years with Biden's 4 years. The majority of the media and celebrities failed to get Hillary elected and they will fail again with Harris. Meanwhile - Epstein failed but I think Diddy (and/or his ex-Wife) will be the cause of their fall. Kevin Stacey 'episode' times thousands.

Typical woke liberal - full of hypocrisy but no idea. Take a look at your own words - those in bold - and trhen those underlined. Can you see the hypocrisy??

This time around Trump will not make the same mistakes - not as many anyway. He has learned that some people look and sound professional, but they wilt under the heat and pressure and/or they are 'plants'. Trump has had 4 years to plan for who gets what role - anyone that is not a proven Trump supporter will be removed, and only those that fully support his agenda will be appointed. The GOP has cleaned out a lot of the RINOs thanks to Trump - still more to go, but the job is underway - and no RINOs will be appointed to any role of significance in the White House Admin, Cabinet, Bureaucracy, House and Senate.

Perfect - doing as requested - spending money to stimulate the economy. What could possibly go wrong?

Opinions versus Feelings - who will win I wonder.

Don't do it - bank apps on phones are a security risk - scanning a QR code when you have a bank app on your phone is a serious security risk. ขี้…เกียจ ระบายด้วยยาเม็ดเซนน่า 7.5 ตราธงทอง (youtube.com) เพราะคาสตรอลคือตัวเลือกแรกของคนขี่รถจักรยานยนต์ต์ทั่วโลก (youtube.com) In fact IMO never use a bank app on your phone - or any app/website that can access your money. Phones are a serious security risk - and this is just one of the many security issues they have - and there will be more coming.

Whatever mate - my original advice still holds. BLOCKED

This thread has devolved into a forced exchange of links and references. No thanks.

Whatever.

You clearly are misunderstanding things - or you are a troll - go away.