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 5 weeks 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 5 weeks ago
MSugarhill@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
Culprit is: I need the phones app as second factor to log in to the web interface.
pdxfed@lemmy.world 5 weeks 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 5 weeks ago
AFAIK that’s the way it has to be done in the EU…
vividspecter@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
I’d just leave for a different bank at that point, although I get that it’s not always practical.
HappyRedditRefugee@lemm.ee 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 5 weeks ago
Second phone just for these things wouldn’t work for what you need?
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
That’s not exactly a great solution. It works, but it’s a shitty workaround at best.
Wildly_Utilize@infosec.pub 5 weeks ago
Not disagreeing I was genuinely asking.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 5 weeks 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 5 weeks ago
What’s changed to make banking apps more necessary?
umbrella@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
you cant use banks without at least their 2fa app on your phone
Wildly_Utilize@infosec.pub 5 weeks ago
Ohh wow that’s wild
Thanks for the answer
newproph@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks 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 5 weeks ago
does it hide root/custom roms?
if so im interested.
newproph@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks 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 5 weeks ago
sure, but unrooted custom roms also trip the protections.
kspatlas@lemm.ee 5 weeks 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 5 weeks ago
that’s one I haven’t heard of. how is it functionally?
kspatlas@lemm.ee 5 weeks 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