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It is a dumb move. I have a bank app that doesn't want to function ~~allow~~ if I set other keyboards than GBoard. It came out of nowhere
I'm already in the process of settling my loan and credit card debt with them and closing the account. If they ask why I'll make sure to highlight that's the biggest reason.
The other reason is I got better rates though so suck it
Meanwhile my bank app bitches at my every time I login because I use GBoard (with network disabled), the app wants me that the keyboard could be a keylogger.
W bank
That would be annoying but based
Wait, the bank app doesn't allow other keyboard apps to be installed?
I can maaaybe see them forcing a specific keyboard app to be used on their app, but everything else is just infuriating.
no, the bank apps won't let you use a keyboard app that they haven't whitelisted to type information within their app, such as entering your PIN etc. It's a security "feature" to keep you from getting phished or whatever its called if your keyboard assists someone from accessing your bank account
As if the Google keyboard did not send all your keystrokes to Google…
sure. I was able to use kika keyboard to interface with my bank app then i switch back to the keyboard I actually use.
Pretty stupid since if you use the bank's regular voice-menu phone service, chances are it asks you to enter your PIN on the touch tone keypad. It has no way to know what dialer app you are using.
I know that some banks used to give out hardware 2FA tokens and if done right, that's way more secure than any phone app, but obvs has convenience issues.
It's how @JudahBenHur@lemm.ee says. The app won't function with a non-whitelisted keyboard. It also can detect of accessibility on. I don't have any disability to require that on, but do have some apps that use it. I rated the app 1 star saying they are ableist and they still double down on their stupidity.
I have gotten by without usng bank apps of any sort. Maybe they are better than I realize and I don't know what I'm missing, but that's just as well.
i also just use the website instead of their super restrictive "for security" apps that add no value. It is none of their business what is going on on my rooted phone. but i'm also a fossil cause i'm using a computer
Lol, right?
How often do I need to interact with my bank anyway?
Banks here have forced to use their app as part of the MFA step now. So if a bank app is being extra shit, I'm sure going to close it if it's non essential.