Hi,
Andy writes:
Again, as ai have previously stated, some things are better done on a
PC.
No argument there.
I do not know any sighted persons who do their banking using a PDA
or smart phone. I think it's a bad idea anyway, because of the
possibility of identity theft and other problems if the unit is lost or
stolen.
Proceeding from that premise, then one should never use a cell phone to make
any kind of sensitive transaction with a bank, a retail merchant or service
provider. Many people, blind and sighted alike, do just that. You'd have a
point if the transaction data was in fact stored on the Braille Note. In
this case, the transaction data is stored on the bank's servers. As for
suitable encryption on the Braille Note, I can't comment except to say that
I'm sure I would have been advised somewhere along the way if the browser
that I was using didn't have sufficient encryption. I'd be willing to bet
that the web site wouldn't even let me proceed if that was the case. Be
that as it may, there are times such as when I'm traveling, to name just one
example, where I simply don't have an accessible PC available, so I'll use
the Braille Note to do whatever I'm allowed to do given the capabilities of
the device. It's very convenient, in fact. So whether sighted people do or
don't use PDA's for such things begs the question and is beside the point of
my inquiry, to which, incidentally, I'd still like a reasonable answer.
Tom
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