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baqtoday at 12:13 PM3 repliesview on HN

> I can use my bank on some linux distro, crazy that they trust me

enjoy it while it lasts. hardware attestation requirement for (at least) banking apps is a question of 'when', not 'if'.


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Aachentoday at 4:56 PM

My bank has always had hardware attestation, but it was their hardware that was being attested. Customers get it loaned when signing up

I have no problem with a device that they trust being used for transaction approval, but that device shouldn't also be the device I use for my daily life and do all sorts of private things on. We should want to be able to inspect that one

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BLKNSLVRtoday at 12:51 PM

I hope this isn't going to be the case universally. If my bank cuts off my access from my browser-on-linux setup, then I'm finding an alternative bank (hopefully some will always exist), which I don't say lightly since I've been with my current bank since I was old enough to have a bank account.

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