• AItoothbrush@lemmy.zip
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    13 days ago

    Having an accessibility service on android also trips its security which is just a vile practice. Its one thing that i cant use some apps to automate stuff on my phone, but what about the disabled people who need an accessibility service to use their phone. All of this stuff should be open source and use actual security instead of security by obscurity.

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      fwiw you can get around that by rooting your phone, installing lsposed, and installing the “no accessibility services” xposed module.

      hell of a fucking thing just to have basic fucking functionality on your phone, but c’est la vie

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        Yeah but if im already rooting i could do other stuff as well. Also if were already on this topic, rooting trips knox on samsung, would you by chance know whether they would deny my warranty in sweden like in most other countries or accept it still with triggered knox like in the netherlands?

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      13 days ago

      Pretty sure this is an illegal practice and can be ended by pressuring the bank a bit (just tell the largest newspapers, the press coverage should make them fix it to not look like idiots).

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        Its not even the bank… the bank application works well but its the digital id app that doesnt work. Its kinda a complicated thing cause its more accurately mainly used as an application that can provide a digital signature, so for example if you transfer money to someone you can either physically sign it or digitally sign it, and thats what this does. Most swedish banks support it so like 95% of sweden has to use this app. But sweden being sweden, im pretty sure the app is privately developed and not governmental. Which is extremely dangerous because swedens economy very much depends on this application, which once again DOES NOT FUNCTION if youre using accessibility features. This id why i call it vile, because it is.

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          Yeah, that’s why it’s probably illegal. You could find people that cannot use it, due to a disability perhaps, go to court with them and force government and banks to behave.

          If it is excluding people due to a disability, it surely is illegal.

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            12 days ago

            Yeah tho someone would have to take them to court which im not gonna do as an immigrant, especially with the current government. But once again this is another reason to have open standards instead of closed off apps.