Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun

Re:Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun by pimterry on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @12:43PM (#46963732)

> for the Android case, as you use it from your bank's app, it would typically require some Google security assurances - so no Huawei phones allowed, for example

I don't know about Huawei, but actually most (all?) of the banking apps in Spain should work on a non-Google-certified Android builds. There's an community list tracking GrapheneOS compatibility at https://privsec.dev/posts/android/banking-applications-compa... and all of them currently appear supported just fine.

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Re:Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun by nosianu on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @03:42PM (#46966610)

GrapheneOS in Spain?

https://www.androidauthority.com/why-i-use-grapheneos-on-pix...

> Police in Spain have reportedly started profiling people based on their phones; specifically, and surprisingly, those carrying Google Pixel devices. Law enforcement officials in Catalonia say they associate Pixels with crime because drug traffickers are increasingly turning to these phones. But it’s not Google’s secure Titan M2 chip that has criminals favoring the Pixel — instead, it’s GrapheneOS, a privacy-focused alternative to the default Pixel OS.

EDIT: Previously on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44473694

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Re:Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun by elektronika on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @05:59PM (#46968231)

Really makes you think when petty criminals use privacy tech while billionaire pedophiles run their dealings through gmail.

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Re:Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun by wvh on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @04:33AM (#46972848)

I guess they consider themselves untouchable.

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Re:Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun by microtonal on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @02:09AM (#46971852)

Same here, I'm using Dutch banking and credit card apps (and iDEAL/Wero) without issues on a GrapheneOS phone (/e/OS works as well).

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