We should have the ability to run any code we want on hardware we own

Re:We should have the ability to run any code we want on har... by ekianjo on Monday September 01, 2025 @12:22AM (#45089426)

For Netflix sure. I don't care. But when it comes to banking and you are forced to use between two OS or this means no access to your bank digitally, this is a massive problem and restriction to citizens' freedom. Everyone needs a bank to operate, and they need to maximize the options available to use them.

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Re:We should have the ability to run any code we want on har... by 2rsf on Monday September 01, 2025 @01:30AM (#45089739)

I mentioned that in another thread, but banks have a legal obligation to to assess and mitigate risks in the service they give to you- you, personally, might be tech savvy enough to understand what you are doing but most people are not and the bank is held accountable when something bad happens.

This is why they limit service to certain devices or OS versions, even when it comes at the expense of convenience.

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Re:We should have the ability to run any code we want on har... by beeflet on Monday September 01, 2025 @01:45AM (#45089792)

Perhaps the solution then is to invent a new bank that is more resistant to regulation and gives users more freedom to secure their own funds.

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Re:We should have the ability to run any code we want on har... by ekianjo on Monday September 01, 2025 @05:18PM (#45096703)

> legal obligation to to assess and mitigate risks

It's obviously not about risks. It's about convenience on their side to only support 2 platforms and call it a day.

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Re:We should have the ability to run any code we want on har... by tonyhart7 on Monday September 01, 2025 @01:13AM (#45089662)

well no one to force you to do banking from smartphones

You can do manually like the old days, EXPLICTLY ALLOWING NON GOOGLE/APPLE to do banking in their own mobile phone meaning THERE ARE MILLIONS OF USERS that can fall victim to scammer+cracker

how cant you see all of that???? ITS JUST NOT ABOUT YOU

edit: please educate first, y'all need to know differences between mobile banking and internet banking

You can downvote me all you want, but I don't want to hear lecture from non-security compliant engineer about what to do about security

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Re:We should have the ability to run any code we want on har... by onion2k on Monday September 01, 2025 @01:25AM (#45089720)

Locking down a website to only be available to users on Apple and Windows doesn't make it safer. It just reduces the cost of building it because you don't have to bother testing it on any other platforms. Rather than tell users "Danger, we haven't tested your choice of OS" companies prefer to lock it down.

Users on Apple and Windows are not safer because a bank has chosen to block Linux.

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Re:We should have the ability to run any code we want on har... by tonyhart7 on Monday September 01, 2025 @01:54AM (#45089844)

ITS NOTHING TO DO WITH WEBSITE

internet banking via browser has been OS agnostic way before mobile banking exist

please educate/research what is mobile banking before making an literally false argument that is not about mobile banking

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Re:We should have the ability to run any code we want on har... by trinix912 on Monday September 01, 2025 @02:36AM (#45090066)

Until they decide to force you to use the mobile app as a 2FA for the website. My bank did that, I literally had to buy a new phone because the old one couldn't update their stupid app. It locks you in to the latest N versions of Android/iOS.

Before you ask, no, other banks aren't any better where I live. They all stopped using physical 2FA keys years ago. And no, they won't let you come in physically for things that can be done online.

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Re:We should have the ability to run any code we want on har... by tonyhart7 on Monday September 01, 2025 @07:45AM (#45091923)

good for them to care more about security then

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Re:We should have the ability to run any code we want on har... by hdgvhicv on Monday September 01, 2025 @01:39AM (#45089772)

My bank lets me do everything just fine on Firefox/linux.

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Re:We should have the ability to run any code we want on har... by tonyhart7 on Monday September 01, 2025 @01:51AM (#45089829)

its not mobile banking if you use browser

its just browser/internet banking

also mobile banking has much more capabilites in forms of app than just "web page"

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Re:We should have the ability to run any code we want on har... by trinix912 on Monday September 01, 2025 @02:38AM (#45090082)

For now, until they come up with some stupid 2FA solution that requires installing and updating their Android/iOS app. Banks where I live already have and there's literally no way around it (they don't use physical 2FA keys anymore).

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