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tadfisherlast Thursday at 9:36 PM0 repliesview on HN

Banks do these things to check security boxes, not to prevent scams.

In this case, they don't want users to reverse-engineer their app or look at logs that might inadvertently leak information about how to reverse-engineer their app. It is pointless, I know, but some security consultant has created a checkbox which must be checked at all costs.