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EU Abolishes Tan Lists and Banking Apps on Rooted Phones Ridiculousness (timakro.de)
4 points by timakro 2642 days ago
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bradknowles 2641 days ago
It’s actually “TAN” lists, and based on an initial skim of this page, I’m assuming this is an acronym of some sort for a type of one-time use passwords.

Perhaps one of our readers from Germany can help us clarify?

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timakro 2641 days ago
It stands for "Transaction authentication number", in Germany this term is widely used, not sure about other European countries.

And yes you are correct, this is a one-time password you enter to authenticate a bank transaction.

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