HSBC is on my list of the worst bank anyway. Just connecting to their online banking portal you feel like throwing up!
HSBC blocks its app due to F-Droid-installed Bitwarden
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Re: HSBC blocks its app due to F-Droid-installed Bitwarden
#82Tangentially related, but some banking apps also implement their own in-app keyboard in their password fields, making password manager unusable and basically forcing me to use a easy to remember (to guess) password.
On the same tangent. My former bank forced me to use a 6 - 8 digit password with only numbers allowed. Not sure if in the few years since I am not a customer anymore, they changed this policy, though.
Just begging for someones date of birth, lol.
Re: HSBC blocks its app due to F-Droid-installed Bitwarden
#83That'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…
> 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 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?
Col Jacques Baud, (ret), is a Swiss citizen living in Brussels.
Former intelligence agent, worked also with NATO.
[0] https://www.defenddemocracy.press/eu-sanctions-swiss-intelli...
Re: HSBC blocks its app due to F-Droid-installed Bitwarden
#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
> There were some other sanctions involving visas, but as far as I understand Yes, I read the article. You misread my comment.
> You misread my comment. I don't think GP misread your comment at all. I do, however, think you just deliberately truncated your own quote. Here is what you said, in full (emphasis mine): > There were some other sanctions involving visas, but as far as I understand that did not affect the individuals' ability to bank . And here is a quote from the article you read (once again, emphasis mine): > Beyond the ban on ent…
I'm sorry this is so difficult for everyone involved. US is sanctioning EU citizens, sometimes with their banks (Nicholas Guillou, Francesca Albanese, and others) and sometimes with visas (Thierry Breton, and others).
I've updated my original post with a link that hopefully helps explain what "other" means.
Re: HSBC blocks its app due to F-Droid-installed Bitwarden
#85That'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…
> 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 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?
Scan the German press, there are several cases.
Esp in the last weeks:
Interesting is - it started with right-wing people getting de-banked, now left-wing people are following for what ever reason.
Re: HSBC blocks its app due to F-Droid-installed Bitwarden
#86That'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…
An Italian citizen who was debanked essentially because Trump didn't like her: https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-12-28/the-comp... When it comes to this kind of thing, an injury to one is an injury to all and we need to not tolerate it. At minimum, we need regulations guaranteeing that Visa and MasterCard, as well as participating banks, aren't allowed to debank anyone without judicial oversight. Make the…
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Re: HSBC blocks its app due to F-Droid-installed Bitwarden
#87That'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…
> 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 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?
Judges and the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, for instance.
Re: HSBC blocks its app due to F-Droid-installed Bitwarden
#88That'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…
Do you think US pressure is behind the push for online censorship across the West? It seems to be a coordinated effort in many countries, whatever it is.
Re: HSBC blocks its app due to F-Droid-installed Bitwarden
#89That'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…
> 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 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?
> unless they're Russia-related somehow
this is doing a lot of work. at what point person stops being Russia related in your view?
Re: HSBC blocks its app due to F-Droid-installed Bitwarden
#90That'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…
Here on HN I will be downvoted to oblivion but well... let's be it:
There is no other way for us mortals than to go back to cash... Or start using Bitcoin. Be your own bank. Vote with your money.