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Re:Mobifree – An open-source mobile ecosystem by repelsteeltje on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @01:15PM (#40502996)
> A bank will likely never release their app as open source, nor will any of the big authentication vendors.

I suppose you're right and I think it's worrying that precisely these kinds of organizations still seem to rely on security through obscurity (to some extent, not solely).

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Re:Mobifree – An open-source mobile ecosystem by snvzz on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @04:08AM (#40509627)
I'll go further and say that a bank should be required by law to implement and enable access to open banking APIs.

As well as not require, under any circumstances, an account holder to install a proprietary application in order to use the bank.

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Re:Mobifree – An open-source mobile ecosystem by ajsnigrutin on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @09:42AM (#40511926)
Not just obscurity, but also requiring you to have a mobile phone, with software made by two spcific companies, (for us europeans) both foreign, and in some cases, not even allow you to have the phone rooted.

I miss the time of totp dongles.

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