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Banking apps begin allowing GrapheneOS privacy software
Original: 🔬 The best bytes of # science & # tech across the # fediverse “Around a dozen banking apps began specifically permitting
Around a dozen banking apps have started specifically permitting GrapheneOS, the privacy-focused Android operating system, to run their applications. The change, highlighted in a Hacker News discussion and shared across science and technology circles, matters because banks have long blocked custom Android builds over security concerns. GrapheneOS users, who choose it for stronger privacy protections, have frequently been locked out of mobile banking. Wider acceptance could signal growing recognition of hardened alternative operating systems.
Why now: Banking apps relaxing restrictions on a privacy-focused operating system is a notable shift that affects users of custom Android builds.
Evidence
- 🔬 The best bytes of # science & # tech across the # fediverse “Around a dozen banking apps began specifically permitting GrapheneOS Link: grapheneos․social/﹫GrapheneOS/117492375462459244 Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=50217495” https:// framapiaf.org/@newsycombinator… · bitsontape@privacysafe.social · 1
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