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		makeitdouble 17 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: HSBC blocks its app due to F-Droid-installed Bitwa... From the bbc article, the number of fraud rose 12%, and you're presuming 0.0001% would be using F-Droid. Is preventing that an efficient ("reasonable") action from the bank ?

rwmj 17 days ago [–]

Fraud is 41% of all crime in the UK, affecting 3.2 million people.

Number of people using F-Droid + a banking app is approximately zero in comparison.

There is not the slightest chance in hell that taking on the legal risk from F-Droid users is a sensible use of the bank's resources.

Sources: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/what-we-do/crime-thre... https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/threats-2025/nsa-frau...

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