F-Droid version of KDEConnect uninstalled by PlayProtect

Re:F-Droid version of KDEConnect uninstalled by PlayProtect by BlueTemplar on Saturday October 14, 2023 @11:36AM (#37881309)

Is that even legal ?

Banking and public services are too important to be restricted to people with smartphone ownership (even regardless of OS).

It's even more important to refuse to use them, publicly shame them, and complain about them failing at their duties.

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Re:F-Droid version of KDEConnect uninstalled by PlayProtect by lmz on Saturday October 14, 2023 @01:05PM (#37882217)

Before smartphones some banks used a hardware token to authenticate web transactions, but now that is being moved to (non rooted) smartphones.

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Re:F-Droid version of KDEConnect uninstalled by PlayProtect by tmtvl on Saturday October 14, 2023 @03:28PM (#37883483)

I was given a hardware device by my bank to do my online banking. If they want to move to smartphones I expect them to provide me one of those as well.

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Re:F-Droid version of KDEConnect uninstalled by PlayProtect by OfSanguineFire on Saturday October 14, 2023 @04:40PM (#37884075)

One of the very reasons banks have been phasing out hardware tokens (and code cards) is because they represent a cost. Of course the bank is going to put the price of the smartphone all on customers.

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