• diffusive@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    It’s a mechanism that is compulsory in EU (and nearby countries like Switzerland).

    When you try to spend money online (without the plastic card), you need a second factor. In practice in, let’s say, Amazon there is an iframe with a page of your bank that asks to confirm the operation on the banking app or insert the code they sent you by SMS or things like that

    • Noxy@yiffit.net
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      6 days ago

      Ah, I’ve occasionally had a similar thing. Not common but several times