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Re:Android now allows apps to block sideloading by dmoy on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @09:00PM (#41516656)
> can use them on my perfectly secure regular computer where I have full root/admin access.

yooooooo shhhhhh

Don't give them any ideas :(

Also it's not like insane security ideas around banking access compliance are unprecedented, see e.g. South Korea's insane Internet Explorer deal (transitively caused by US's ITAR on encryption)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_compatibility_issues_in_...

Re:Android now allows apps to block sideloading by matheusmoreira on Thursday September 12, 2024 @01:59AM (#41517986)
Brazil once had a similar problem. Banks used to force users to install these obnoxious "security plugins" into their browsers. One day I got fed up with the inexplicable slowdown they were causing and decided to see what they were doing. Turned out they were intercepting every network connection.

There is no limit whatsoever to what a bank feels is justified in doing when it comes to preventing fraud, money laundering or whatever else that impacts their bottom line. They literally believe they are entitled to any and all access.