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I started using it on desktop first, in no way a mobile was involved. The closest thing I can think of is "Link a mobile" functionality, that can indeed display the profile from the phone on the computer but not vice versa... But this is not the required way of using the client.

Desktop app does not work without the phone? That is just plain untrue. You mean on the same account? Then yeah, it is weird to only have this link one-sided - but it is cumbersome anyway, so much more convenient to use two accounts.

Also the size. My "a" was already at the edge of being usable with one hand, while Pro is even bigger. Plus - the "a"s don't have glass backs, unlike the Pro and even the normal ones.

My 7a being $300 was already very expensive for me. None of those prices are acceptable for a phone of all things.

At least in some places, having open wi-fi without KYC is illegal, so the neighbors aren't going to do this - passwordless is not the default.

I don't think "feeling like an idiot" is productive. People helping scam victims try to make them not feel embarrassed, as it can get in the way of thinking rationally about this.

I think you should not feel like an idiot in this case. Just keep in mind that EVERYONE can fall for a scam, even the experts. The people who think they wouldn't are themselves likely victims.

App-based would be bad, as bank apps are notoriously unfriendly to people who don't own Google/Apple smartphones. Rather, a TOTP or Yubikey.

It was soon after Samourai arrests, so apparently the owners got scared of potential cryptocurrency crackdown and legal pressure. Its closure was pretty abrupt.

Localmonero died recently :( Haveno is the one that is taking its place.

I avoid KYC exchanges at all cost. I am less concerned about law enforcement in this case and much more about leaks.

Here they are - in more well-funded schools at least. I keep seeing the posts about children being allowed laptops even at home, but here it would be unthinkable, because kids might break them or parents might steal them.