HSBC recently blocked a customer from accessing its mobile app after discovering Bitwarden password manager—installed via F-Droid—on the user's device.
This raises an important point: the apps on your phone aren't isolated. Your bank app can detect other apps you've installed, including Bitcoin wallets and crypto tools. What you use in Web3 isn't as private as you might think—traditional finance is watching your tech stack.
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Blockchainiac
· 7h ago
NGL, this is just outrageous. The bank is spying on my phone to see what I have installed. Is the next step to monitor my browsing history...
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LiquidatedDreams
· 10h ago
Damn, can banks do this? Just ban accounts without discussion.
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CryingOldWallet
· 10h ago
The bank directly cuts you off just because you installed a password manager? That's hilarious. This is the true face of traditional finance, buddy.
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0xTherapist
· 10h ago
Banks directly ban users who install password managers... This is so outrageous that I don't even know what to say.
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WalletDetective
· 10h ago
Banks now directly scan the apps installed on your phone? That's just too outrageous...
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Privacy? In traditional finance, that's probably just a joke.
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Getting your bitwarden account flagged and banned... their methods are really verbose.
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I always said Web3 has privacy issues. Now it seems banks are monitoring much more aggressively than I imagined.
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They even want to control what apps you install. Next, will they be looking at your browsing history?
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Traditional finance is openly collecting user information. As expected, they still don't trust on-chain data.
HSBC recently blocked a customer from accessing its mobile app after discovering Bitwarden password manager—installed via F-Droid—on the user's device.
This raises an important point: the apps on your phone aren't isolated. Your bank app can detect other apps you've installed, including Bitcoin wallets and crypto tools. What you use in Web3 isn't as private as you might think—traditional finance is watching your tech stack.