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Everyone knows all the apps on your phone

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1192 points gniting | 5 comments | 29 Mar 25 21:26 UTC | HN request time: 0.457s | source
1. graemep ◴[30 Mar 25 10:32 UTC] No.43523023[source]▶
The HSBC UK Android app look s at what apps you have, and refuses to run if you have apps with certain permissions (such as an alternative launcher) and now refuses to run if you have any apps from outside the Google app store.

I have complained about this here before, but the end result was that I asked for a hardware security device and use the website instead.

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2. switch007 ◴[30 Mar 25 10:37 UTC] No.43523048[source]▶
That's beyond absurd. Sounds par for the course with HSBC!
3. odiroot ◴[30 Mar 25 13:39 UTC] No.43524114[source]▶
Interestingly FirstDirect app (also part of HSBC) has no such problems. It even ran on my previously rooted phone.
4. qbane ◴[30 Mar 25 15:35 UTC] No.43524978[source]▶
Tired of apps using shady, fragile tricks to refuse to work and claiming that you are "secured" by them
5. fudged71 ◴[31 Mar 25 16:01 UTC] No.43536518[source]▶
That's pretty funny, right? They have to spy on you to tell you what else you are using could be spying on you. Do they happen to say this data is not transmitted to the company?