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Is a Dumb Phones paired with Smartphone possible? (lemmybefree.net)

submitted 2 days ago by LAN_Mower@lemmybefree.net to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Greetings, I need MFA and a few other things for work. I'd like to swap to a dumb phone on my off times. I don't want to constantly swap out a SIM as it eventually damages the card itself.

What are my options? And is there a dumb phone you recommended?

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[–] Bags@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Can you talk with the IT team?
I was able to switch my MFA to a Yubikey.
They rolled out the MFA policy quite recently and I immediately sent an email like "Hello. I do not have a smartphone. What are my options?"
They also had the option for SMS verification, but I had been looking at getting a Yubikey for myself anyway so might as well get work to pay for it.

[–] LAN_Mower@lemmybefree.net 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Did. They were not very helpful on that.

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

I mean, that's on the IT department in most countries. Like if you don't have a smart phone, you don't have a smart phone. If they want it for the job usually they would need to either provide an alternative or provide the device.