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Around a dozen banking apps began specifically permitting GrapheneOS

By · Via Lemmy Technology · Published by Everything Blog

In short

A significant number of banking apps have started supporting GrapheneOS, a growing trend in the industry. Despite this, many apps continue to face bugs and compatibility issues, requiring users to enable a per-app exploit protection mode. Approximately 10% of banking apps are unavailable due to bans on non-Google-approved OSes.

Key points

  • The trend of banking apps supporting GrapheneOS is growing.: The trend of banking apps supporting GrapheneOS is growing.
  • Many apps still face bugs and compatibility issues.: Many apps still face bugs and compatibility issues.
  • Approximately 10% of banking apps are unavailable due to bans on non-Google-approved OSes.: Approximately 10% of banking apps are unavailable due to bans on non-Google-approved OSes.

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@maya@gs.lexinova.eu @OmegaPolice@hachyderm.io @britter@chaos.social Most banking apps work on GrapheneOS but many have memory corruption bugs and incorrect anti-tampering code requiring our per-app exploit protection compatibility mode toggle.

Around 10% of banking apps are unavailable due to banning using a non-Google-approved OS. Around a dozen banking apps began specifically permitting GrapheneOS in addition to a Google-approved OS which is growing.

There's a good list based on ongoing user reports:

https://privsec.dev/posts/android/banking-applications-compatibility-with-grapheneos/

Original source: lemmy.ml

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