I get that HSBC has a duty to keep accounts secure. Nobody is arguing against fraud protection. But scanning your device for unrelated apps, judging where they came from, then locking you out of your own money crosses a serious line.
Bitwarden is a respected, open source password manager. Treating that as suspicious behaviour is absurd. Worse, it sets a precedent where banks decide what software you’re allowed to run on your own phone. That’s not security, that’s control.
If access to your money depends on complying with a bank’s idea of “approved thinking”, then something has gone badly wrong. This is exactly why people are losing trust in centralised systems and looking for alternatives.
quoting"Banking apps can now read which apps you have installed and also from where.
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You installed something they don't like?
Sorry, can't access your money until you stop your wrongthinking.
We are entering the dark ages of technology."
Source: Twitter
