Handscan

[Gabelo Camphire]

BastiaanI fail to see how this would help with my question. Step 5 says "Open the link we sent to your phone number or email address from your new phone".

How am I supposed to receive that if my phone is gone?

I tested trying to sign in on a different device and I received a link via SMS on my number that's registered with bunq. Then I had to send this link to the new device and click the link there.

I can perform none of those steps if my main phone number is inaccessible.

And btw. this process seems to be very complicated (which is of course not your fault Bastiaan ;) )

By the way, you can use your email as an alternative for your phone number. (At least when resetting your login code, I just tested. The phone number was already filled in, but you can also type your email address in the same textbox)

Peter B Sure, but this means you have to get the link you received via email onto the new device somehow, which means you a) need access to your emails (which might have been lost with your phone) and b) you need to setup your email account on the new device (which might be hard if you use a password manager which was on your phone as well) or send that link to someone else's email account, which you should not do, according to the email.

Bastiaan In my case this is not easily done because, as written above, I use a password manager and don't know my email account password. Also 2FA is set up and, you guessed it, this was also on my lost phone.

Of course this is not bunq's fault that I have no backup, but removing handscan/passphrase does make the recovery process a lot harder, at least for me.

Roeshimi Why not store your db online? On for example a free Dropbox account? Then you can always, even if you lose your phone, gain access to your passwordfile. With a password manager you can frequently update passwords much more easily, so if you have a strong master password and rotate passwords once every month: storing it online is not an unacceptable security risk.

Well its simpel I made an implementatie for any ordinaire phone. When you are out off power you can still call 911 and save a human live. We have 7.000.000 mobile phones all over the world. I spoke with the Bill Gates foundation about the secret!

An innovative handscan clocking terminal with unparalleled performance.

The HandScan clocking terminal identifies each employee by scanning the unique size and shape of their hand. This tried and tested technology is not effected by the employees hand been dirty, greasy, wet, etc.

A definite negative point for the handscanner is that it cannot be used reliably for an automatic fire register. This is for the reason above that the attendance database (on which the fire register relies) may not be fully up-to-date. Typically, a time and attendance system such as Captureit is used to automatically trigger printing off a fire register in the event of the fire alarm going off. (We covered the details of the fire register in a previous article which you can read here.)

A fire register needs to be up-to-date at all times, so that in the event of the fire alarm triggering, you have an accurate and reliable list. If you have to wait for the information on the handscanner to be polled by the system, then you could well end up with an inaccurate list if people have made clockings during the interim. Not good!

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