In a recent update to the HSBC app they’ve added a screen to prevent you from using the app unless you use the default (google) keyboard.

They do a similar thing if you have an accessibility service running that can access the screens content. A fair enough security warning if you’ve happened to install a dodgy keyboard app, but highly frustrating when using an open source alternative that enhances the security and privacy over the default option (HeliBoard in my case).

I haven’t found a way to circumvent the page yet. It would be useful if Android allowed you to block the permission to query all packages, but alas.

  • @[email protected]
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    13 days ago

    I’m not sure about this app especially, but I hate that my bank personally has so many restrictions on the app usage but I can also just use a web browser on God knows what with who knows what extensions installed and they’re all like sure, come on in!

    • @[email protected]
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      1912 days ago

      They likely won’t allow that forever. If Google has its way with the web, trusted browser environments will be a thing, and banks will only accept those.

    • JoYo
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      12 days ago

      were you also against cache attestation and manifest v3?