Myself, I use my bank’s web portal via my mobile browser. Not as instant as an app, but it gets the job done.
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umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
yeah. like my manufacturers’ 3-year-old, full-o-spyware ROM is more secure than latest lineage.
they just want control, not security.
TheLastOfHisName@lemmy.world 4 months ago
MSugarhill@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
Culprit is: I need the phones app as second factor to log in to the web interface.
pdxfed@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Yep been seeing more of that. Will just refuse to use it on my phone.
It’s been clear for at least 10 years that apps are about data harvesting not making something more useful or easier to use or more universal than a mobile website.
MSugarhill@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
AFAIK that’s the way it has to be done in the EU…
vividspecter@lemm.ee 4 months ago
I’d just leave for a different bank at that point, although I get that it’s not always practical.
HappyRedditRefugee@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Graphene os + a work profile + sandboxed play services allows you to have some baking apps. Ive got 3 and they all work without a hitch.
Cyyy@lemmy.world 4 months ago
same bs with apps not running jidt because root or apps not being visible in playstore because of it. Netflix isn’t even showing up as existing in playstore just because i have root. it’s nuts. and there are tons of apps like this.
x00z@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Netflix and their DRM is so extremely stupid it’s incomprehensible. It only hurts normal users while the rippers have no issues getting the content.
ReveredOxygen@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
You can fix most apps with the Play Integrity Fix module and denylist. You might have to hide the magisk app too. It doesn’t get 100% of them though, I still can’t figure out how my bank app is catching it. Plus I’ve had RCS stop working with that setup, so I have to keep it disabled to avoid missing messages
aquinteros@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I have been using stock for a while, but I remember using magisk root to hide root to the bank app and I never had an issue
umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
i do that but sadly it aint working anymore. they implemented a new google sanctioned way of blocking it that hasnt been cracked yet.
Wildly_Utilize@infosec.pub 4 months ago
Second phone just for these things wouldn’t work for what you need?
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 4 months ago
That’s not exactly a great solution. It works, but it’s a shitty workaround at best.
Wildly_Utilize@infosec.pub 4 months ago
Not disagreeing I was genuinely asking.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
thats what i do atm, but its a shitty solution when i have a perfectly good phone.
the irony is, my second vanking phone is probably less secure, because its stuck in an ancient version of android.
Wildly_Utilize@infosec.pub 4 months ago
What’s changed to make banking apps more necessary?
umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
you cant use banks without at least their 2fa app on your phone
Wildly_Utilize@infosec.pub 4 months ago
Ohh wow that’s wild
Thanks for the answer
newproph@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
graphene sandboxes Google services so they don’t run as root on your device. I haven’t encountered an app I can’t get running on graphene yet and having Google play installed as non root is a far sight better than stock.
my biggest problem with lineage was compatibility with banking apps so I reluctantly switched but graphene is a solid choice in operating system for privacy and security.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
does it hide root/custom roms?
if so im interested.
newproph@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
not really. after enabling oem unlocking in developer options you just boot it while holding one of the volume buttons and you’re able to unlock the bootloader.
root is not typically available and you don’t need it for most uses besides development, but even then, I would recommend not using a phone you daily for that.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
sure, but unrooted custom roms also trip the protections.
kspatlas@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Graphene is great, but I’m currently on a Xiaomi phone so I can’t run most ROMs, I’ll likely run derpfest when I get the bootloader unlocked
newproph@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
that’s one I haven’t heard of. how is it functionally?
kspatlas@lemm.ee 4 months ago
I haven’t tried it yet, but it seems to have a lot of pixel features ported, I realized crDroid supports my phone so I might try that