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Re: HSBC blocks its app due to F-Droid-installed Bitwarden

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danw1979 wrote: post #232
aliher1911 wrote: post #137

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At least in UK, you'll need a physical token to do that. And you can't have both app and token. So if you had an app that is now not working, it'll take some time to get a token and restore your bank access.

I have both the app (“digital key”) and a physical RSA token with my bank in the UK.

How did you manage to do that? Whenever I tried to activate the app it was asking me to create a digital key and warning me that I'm going to lose ability to use physical token.

Re: HSBC blocks its app due to F-Droid-installed Bitwarden

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bgbntty2 wrote: post #234
Youden wrote: post #136

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I use GrapheneOS in Switzerland and am yet to find a bank or financial app that doesn't work. ZKB, UBS, Cembra, BEKB, SGKB, WIR, N26, Revolut, debiX+, SaxoTrader, Swisscard, various TWINT apps, YAPEAL and Yuh are all installed on my phone right now and all work. Most of them don't use the Play Integrity API at all and the few that do are satisfied with the minimal level that's satisfied by GrapheneOS. The catch is th…

Are all of these apps only available through Google's Play Store repo, or are any of the available as an apk file directly from the bank's site? For some reason most companies only distribute their apps through Google and Apple's repos. People shouldn't have to have an account with and agree to a third party US company's ToS just to download a banking app. Why are Google Play Services required? Genuine questions - I'…

They're only available through Google Play. That's near-universal for commercial apps.

Google Play Services, among other things, is the main way to get notifications and location on Android, so any app that uses either of those things tends not to function if it's missing.

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