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Re:Dutch 'idealist' bank ASN blocks non-Google Android, incl... by cowlevel on Friday November 06, 2026 @08:01AM (#50391820)
Mostly the government forces them to do this. If the capability did not exist it wouldn't be mandated or used. Think about this whenever someone tells you "just don't use it if you don't like it", about everything.
Re:Dutch 'idealist' bank ASN blocks non-Google Android, incl... by nonethewiser on Friday November 06, 2026 @09:39AM (#50392848)
There is something really tragic here.

EU has PSD2 which enforce good, strong rules on customer authentication. For example, banks must have two-factor authentication. And if both factors live on the same phone, the bank has to safeguard against that phone being compromised. Hence the root detection and app-integrity checks that he is complaining about.

But what's tragic is that instead of understanding the problem, which is partly driven by regulation and partly not even a problem, is that he calls for more government regulation. What a mess.

Re:Dutch 'idealist' bank ASN blocks non-Google Android, incl... by ncruces on Friday November 06, 2026 @02:19PM (#50397019)
This makes sense. It's not a second factor if all elements live on a possibly compromised device.