I would like to go back to a flip phone, but the one app that I cannot go without is two factor authentication through apps. I simply will not let something like a brokerage account be protected with only a password. SMS as a two factor authentication method has known security flaws. Some two factor apps brokerages use provide RSA key fobs, but when I try to buy them, they’re sold out. It does not give me confidence of long term support for that two factor method. I have to stick with some kind of iOS or Android device.
I suppose I could try to find an MP3 player that runs iOS or Android, or run Android in an emulator on my computer, and use that as my “phone” but I worry I’ll hit walls if the apps look for a SIM card and most of the world doesn’t use OSes like that, so support might drop inexplicably with a software update that doesn’t account for my use case and I’ll be out of luck at that point.
I suppose I could try to find an MP3 player that runs iOS or Android, or run Android in an emulator on my computer, and use that as my “phone” but I worry I’ll hit walls if the apps look for a SIM card and most of the world doesn’t use OSes like that, so support might drop inexplicably with a software update that doesn’t account for my use case and I’ll be out of luck at that point.