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When the Canadian Kimberly Prost learned Donald Trump’s administration had imposed sanctions on her, it came as a shock.

For years, she has sat as a judge at the international criminal court, weighing accusations of war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity; now she is on the same list as terrorists and those involved in organised crime. “It really was a moment of a bit of disbelief,” she said.

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[–] abacabadabacaba@infosec.pub 50 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)

It's not just cards. Many banks today require using a mobile app for online banking, and those apps require an Apple- or Google-certified device and an Apple or Google account. While it is possible to open those accounts under a false name (the apps are free so you don't need to enter payment info), this is still an absurd amount of leverage the US has on everyday people's activities in other countries.

[–] phx@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

All my banks have apps but I haven't found any that don't support just a browser

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 1 points 2 hours ago

Yeah, I got credit cards and bank apps available. But I use the browser for all of them.

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 9 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, that too. However, you have alternatives to Android to some degree that would allow a banking app to work. Nevertheless, we need a non-US operating system for mobile devices and so on.

[–] abacabadabacaba@infosec.pub 12 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Not if an app uses Play Integrity. The entire purpose of Play Integrity is to not work on anything that is not a Google-certified OS.

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 4 points 13 hours ago

Yes, that's why I said to some degree. I didn't test it, but at least some banking apps work from what I hear. I plan to test it soon.