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probably because bitwarden has a permission to overlay other apps and HSBC thinks it's malware stealing your access to your bank
I have stopped using the HSBC app and asked for a security device (which they will send you if asked) instead and use the web site instead.
It will not work either if you have developer mode enabled. These things HSBC app does, I think it's overreaching
Many other banking apps in Singapore have this ridiculous restriction too, including Citibank.
The third-party "security framework" most of them use to pass audits is ridiculous.
probably because bitwarden has a permission to overlay other apps and HSBC thinks it's malware stealing your access to your bank
I think from HSBC's risk management perspective, it's fairly reasonable
I thought Google removed the API that let you see other apps on the device. Maybe there's another API I'm not aware of though
https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answ...
which is then subject to Google reviewing and approving it.
I assume HSBC are using the "antivirus" use case.
Apps are a tool of control and surveillance and it is time we stopped tying ourselves to them. Dumb phones or degoogled operating systems (like e/OS/) are probably the answer here.
Of course, asking POSB for help has lead to nothing being done. By and large the biggest threat to people finance wise in singapore isn't malware but are scams (what is called "pig butchering" in America is rampant here) whilst malware is always a threat sometimes I feel like just refusing to function is problem due to overzealous viligiance to a low probability threat.
The best part is that the Current Account Switching Service makes it very easy to make the jump from a legacy bank like HSBC.
That's Google's SafeNet. HSBC picked a level that causes this. Google manages the blacklist of apps. We are rapidly losing our freedoms to the will of these companies. If they decide they don't want to they can even if the law doesn't forbid it. People in Switzerland and the EU are being de-banked by local banks because of US pressure allowing them to force any bank that wants to use USD. The US has started to sancti…
What is this about? I'm a EU citizen, never heard about any EU citizen getting removed from any EU bank because of USD. Nor have I heard anyone being sanctioned by the US in the EU unless they're Russia-related somehow. Is there any link to a story about this?