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>>screen+(OP)
Lots of people doom and gloom here about threats to user privacy and freedom.

This is the one I'd be worried about. Thought it was annoying to not be able to use banking apps on a rooted Android? Think about how annoying it will be when you can't do much of anything, even on the Web, unless it's from a sealed, signed Apple/Google/Microsoft image-based OS...

I realize the way Firefox's user share is going, it might not matter or they might feel they don't have a choice but I really, really hope Mozilla doesn't even remotely consider implementing this.

>>predic+Cf
The frustrating thing is that this is both the final nail in the coffin for computing freedom, while also having a legitimate use case. I'm seeing new banks that flat out do not have a web UI at all. The reality is that desktop OSs and browsers have done nothing to stop the fact that it is trivial for a regular person to accidentally install malware which is completely transparent.

Online fraud and theft is exploding right now and the average person is simply not capable of securing a laptop so the companies have decided to only allow secure access through a phone which can usually be trusted to be malware free.

>>Gigach+Fr
And in 100 years you will need to have your brain scanned to withdraw cash. The process will validate both your identity and that you aren't being coerced.

It has to stop somewhere. 100% security may reduce the banks' fraud costs but it isn't acceptable for personal freedom. "Choose a different bank then" only works until all they all adopt it.

>>kevinc+ZX2
The banks aren't the ones taking the loss for scams since their system doesn't have any faults, it's you or your computer that authorized the translation. I can see the reasoning for the push to more secure transactions. We constantly have people being scammed of their life savings due to sophisticated attacks beyond their understanding.

I assume an old person cares about not being left poor and helpless in retirement more than they care about free software and computing freedom.

I think it's probably likely that we will end up in a situation where some devices like phones and maybe laptops are considered "secure environments" where banking transactions and such can be safely executed, while alternative devices will be available for complete freedom and tinkering. You'll likely always be able to run any program you want on your laptop but those programs will be limited to their own sandbox rather than having free access to any other programs data.

>>Gigach+a74
> while alternative devices will be available for complete freedom and tinkering.

this alternative will basically not exist for all intents and purposes if the "secure" version is the norm.

Let's take an existing example - why is there no such an alternative for home gaming consoles like Xbox or PS5?