Comments on: Surge in bank app fraud in South Africa https://techcentral.co.za/surge-in-bank-app-fraud-in-south-africa/232769/ Technology News Leader In South Africa Wed, 04 Oct 2023 05:35:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 By: Viking Navigator https://techcentral.co.za/surge-in-bank-app-fraud-in-south-africa/232769/#comment-166035 Wed, 04 Oct 2023 05:35:54 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=232769#comment-166035 Banks (and various other organisations) encourage the use of apps on mobile phones, to collect information of individuals, supposedly mainly for marketing. But these apps are easily compromised. And also, mobile phones are mostly protected only by a 4-digit PIN. Very poor security.

I will not have any banking apps on my phone, and also no apps that are connected to any of my financial information.

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