Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for October 11, 2022

Aptly put

Hit the nail on the head!

Ain’t science wonderful

Everybody wants you to download their app. My phone is too crowded. But anything I haven’t used in a month, the phone offers to dump. I rarely use any of them but might need them if I uninstall them. (bank, insurance, grocers).

Laptop yes, phone no. Unless I have to do something away from home, or I get my fingers surgically shrunk.

My step dad was always a nay-sayer about computers and especially the internet until he learned he could pay bills online. I remember my mom telling me the first time he did that, he exclaimed “I just saved 32 cents!” After that, he was sold on having an internet connection. His phone service, however… $20 per month for a flip phone with no data plan.

I’m not a fan of having financial apps on my phone. Besides how many time do you need to pay a bill while walking in the park?

Nope, I’ve got stamps.

I was forced to pay some bills online. I have a special checking account for them. If someone hacks it, I only lose the bare minimum I keep in it. As for paying stuff with a phone in general, I read banks are making BILLIONS on overcharges. No one bothers to monitor what they are spending and the banks don’t want them to as it is very lucrative.

@Lucy Rudy-True but many apps such as banking, are better to do with a phone because on a home computer, hackers have easier access. I know because recently I had to get a whole new bank account, bank card and everything! And they’re extremely cunning in sending spoof emails. They’re becoming more and more undetectable.

First we make our tools, and then our tools make us – Marshall McLuhan

I don’t have a lot of trouble keeping up with my phone, but what is irksome is there are a few apps which only work from my phone and not my computer (my alarm system for one.) Because our computers are ethernet cabled to the router, they are a bit more secure than what I consider my phone to be and I prefer to use the computer for banking, etc.

Nice thing about a feature phone, almost no one makes apps for it and the screen is too small anyway.

I do NOT have access to my bank account on my phone. I don’t trust it, and I see no reason for it.

Add me to the list of people who refuses to do banking on my phone. I’ve a laptop and a desktop for that, and I use a secure browser for everything. I’m a (retired) software engineer, and I never install smart phone apps or have my phone on the net.

Like the way Janis makes an unnecessary appearance.

Someone please explain the last frame of today’s comic? I don’t understand his comment!!

It’s safer on the app. There’s less of a chance some spoofer will convince grandma to serve up her username and password that way. Never reply to an email or text from any financial or government agency. Call them if you’re threatened or unsure.

this made me double check my phone. had one just said ‘find’, it only had my phone listed (gee, it was in my hand)

Arlo makes a good point.