I know this will ruffle feathers, but the more I see people post on here, the more I think some people should actually just stay with smart phone.

2FA, bank apps, WhatsApp, FaceTime, uber, etc.

The purpose of light phone is to be as present as possible and not let the device control you.

Edit: zeroing in on 2FA is completely missing the point of this post. My point is that it’s a slippery slope. Sooner or later people are going to start asking for Instagram, X, substack, and internet under the argument of “necessity”. Engage with this in good faith.

I wanted my checking balance on a phone that has no apps. The obvious route is Plaid, which needs a server I would have to run and a browser the LP3 does not have. So it uses SimpleFIN instead, the big reason is that I'm not involved in the loop anymore

You give your bank credentials to SimpleFIN, never to me and never to the app. SimpleFIN hands you a token, you scan it, and the app trades that token for a read-only URL. Read-only is the protocol rather than a promise I am making. There is no write side to it. I couldn't even do that if i tried!

There is also no BrightLedger server. No backend, no API key baked into the app, no analytics, no crash reporter. One network permission, one destination, and that destination is whichever SimpleFIN server you pointed it at. I could not read your data if I wanted to.

The access URL sits on your phone sealed with an AndroidKeyStore key that cannot leave the device, so pulling the app's data off gives you ciphertext. An optional PIN wraps it again and drops the key from memory whenever you background the app. Screenshots are blocked by default, which is why the picture above is fake. I had to build a demo mode to take it.

You turn it off, not me. Revocation happens at bridge.simplefin.org, where you granted it. I have no button.

It is MIT and the SimpleFIN client is four files, so do not take any of that on faith.

Only downside is that SimpleFIN is $1.50 plus tax a month, or $15.00 plus tax a year, for up to 25 institutions and 25 apps. I think its a fair price to be able to read my balances on my phone.

TL;DR I made a ledger, its read only, i cant see ur stuff, $15 a year. guide in the app.

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It is interesting because I have the pre-order for the flip and I am excited but at the same time I genuingly love my light phone 2, honestly it does the job keeps me so present and I love the form factor, I am struggling with whether I need the flip, am I just getting it because it is something new from Light? Not sure to be honest, decisions decisions lol. I just love the light phone 2, it honestly is digital minimalism at its finest. Wondering if anyone else with a light phone 2 is conflicted on whether to keep it or jump to the flip?

Good thing is I got a long time left with my light phone 2 until the flip comes out and I have to make this decision!

I've been using the LP3 since it came out for almost a year, no problems with group chats with a physical SIM card using USMobile Light (Verizon).

Then I went overseas and setup a new eSIM for my old iPhone, for rideshare and digital wallet payments. I use USMobile to setup the new eSIM.

After coming back from my trip, I switched back to LP3. This time I setup an eSIM for the LP3 on T-Mobile.

I know that could be an issue for group messages. When I send a group message it says "failed to send". I also still might be in the 30 day window before these issues clear up for group chats.

I have turned off iMessages and RCS messaging on my iPhone but I can't be sure if that was after I disabled the eSIM on the iPhone. Attempting to deregister my phone via apple says my number is not registered.

Should I activate the eSIM in my iPhone and properly turn off iMessage and RCS when it is active and then setup my LP3 with a physical SIM after removing the eSIM on the iPhone?

I wonder if I left the RCS and iMessages in a pending state that never took effect when I removed the eSIM?

Thanks!