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HSBC blocks its app due to F-Droid-installed Bitwarden

Link: mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/@neil/
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4

We've introduced additional checks to protect your account. The following apps have been downloaded from unofficial app stores. Your access to the HSBC UK Mobile Banking app has been suspended on this device until you've taken action to restore it. Identified apps: « Bitwarden How do | restore access? Uninstall the identified apps from your device and download again from the default device app store, eg Google Play or Galaxy Store.

Neil Brown (@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk)

Attached: 1 image HSBC has chosen to block its mobile app on my phone because *checks notes* I've got a password manager, Bitwarden, installed via F-Droid. Its solution is for me to remove Bitwarden. My solution is to stop using HSBC's app.

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