(Rant)

At somepoint, HSBC decided KDE Connect installed via F-Droid is less secure.

Photo of the HSBC UK app urging I install KDE Connect via GPlay or Galaxy Store

Then it decide non-whitelisted keyborads are a security risk. Only Gboard and Samsung Keyboard is confirmed within the whitelist.

Photo of the HSBC UK app telling me to switch input method citing security risk

I understand the point that risk can be introduce at various points, yet this is simply too much. Yeah there are people phone infected by malware but from Play Store. Not a single time I heard one ever happened on F-Droid distributed apps, at least not from the official repo. Also, I will put more trust on an open source keyboard than any proprietary keyboard.

Furthermore, I’m shocked that an app can read my app list, and current keyboard (introduced in Android 14). This just make building a profile much easier as I belive everyone almost have an unique set of apps they like. I don’t think any apps need such functionality. Why the f it needs to care what input devices I uses? This make me worry more about untold (aka burried deep in Privacy Policy) data collection.

  • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zipEnglish
    321·
    2 months ago

    Sounds like it’s time to use the website and not the app. And if you can’t use the website instead of an app, you should probably switch banks.

    • Moonrise2473@feddit.itEnglish
      11·
      2 months ago

      I don’t know a single bank that hasn’t reinvented the wheel and is using their app as a glorified authentication app for generating totp codes

      • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zipEnglish
        5·
        2 months ago

        Mine actually. I’m in the United States, but I actually switched banks. And the vast majority of the reason I did so was because my bank did not allow me to use the website to use their functionality. And so I said fuck you and left them.