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[–] 3 points 4 months ago (4 children)

No. You cannot. The digital id I was referring to can be activated only via app, and banking apps are mandatory. You can do web banking paying an additional fee and using sms authentication, but as I said it's an additional fee. Maybe worth paying for, ymmv.

But the real practical of the digital id is that I will never be (again) fined for driving without a driving license with me because I always have my phone with me. I usually have also my real driving license, but sometimes I leave the wallet home or whatever.

It's just practical stuff, you can do without, but why should I.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    What banks charge fees for web banking!? That doesn't make a lick of sense, imho... That incentivizes using much-more-expensive in-person banking.

    Also, even if there are some banks that don't have web banking, it's easy enough to switch banks (at least, in the countries I know about). Some people even regularly cycle through institutions to get sign-on bonuses a couple times each year.

    But, yes. It's less convenient to use platforms that respect privacy, and requires some trade-offs.

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