Also, having your banking app on your phone isn't the most desirable thing in reality, if you're security-minded.

> having your banking app on your phone isn't the most desirable thing in reality, if you're security-minded.

Honest question: Why not?

I download less random program / files on my phone, then I do on my computer.

Think how your banking app might contain different data to other apps

	▲	viraptor 8 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		That really doesn't answer the question. It contains similar things to your bank website's browser cache. What exactly are you trying to say here?
	▲	Mashimo 8 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I don't understand what you mean.
	▲	lostmsu 8 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		He meant that the apps on the phone are less dangerous to a banking app.

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junon 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

My bank requires it, for better or for worse.

Any bank transfers are MFAd via the app, for example. It's the only bank that allows non-citizens in Germany that has English correspondence and wouldn't have taken months in Bureaucracy to open an account when I first moved.

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octo888 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

So you chose an app-only 'bank' such as Revolut?

What did people do before such apps?

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junon 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I chose the only bank that'd allow me to accept a paycheck in a reasonable amount of time after moving across the planet, yes.

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happymellon 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

HSBC in the UK now blocks access to your accounts unless you use one of the allowed whitelisted keyboards.

	▲	octo888 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Nobody is claiming every single app works perfectly on alternative Android OSes, so pointing out exceptions isn't really advancing the discussion

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zettabomb 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Can I ask what bank that is? I'm looking at getting a German bank account, and I'm still much more comfortable with English.

	▲	junon 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		N26 bank