resist1984 @resist1984@social.privacytools.io

@privacyint You forgot to mention #Netherlands (where reg. is not mandated last time I checked). Also, the article neglects to mention what happens if a sim from Denmark or Czech is used in the forced-reg areas. It's disputed here: https://github.com/privacytoolsIO/privacytools.io/issues/779

@torproject @msaunders @realcaseyrollins @dsfgs And it's a big hassle to just get the URL copy/pasted over or to read and trascribe the long-ass thing

@dsfgs @realcaseyrollins @msaunders It's very disturbing how early @torproject is killing v2. They're over-reacting to exaggerated risks. Many /stable/ platforms don't advance versions this quickly & #Tor Project is creating instability. I have a separate machine w/Tails just to handle v3 on the side until I can undertake the massive migration task.

@wswartzendruber @IzzyOnDroid I also saw a post from a homeless German who was being refused a bank account, which he said he was legally required to have, because he could not prove his address.

@IzzyOnDroid @wswartzendruber then theoretically companies all over Europe would go to German banks to get that benefit, but banking across EU borders is usually blocked. I tried to open an acct in Germany and was turned away by the bank, who said "you don't live here and you don't work here, so no".

@IzzyOnDroid HBCI is specific to Germany. It's great that it caught on there. There is also a German bank that uses PGP, so you can get encrypted statements via email w/no effort on your part. Outside of Germany it's a disaster. And even in Germany, I'll bet transfers by phone/fax or over the counter have a fee (this is the case for the phone-app-only bank).

@wswartzendruber @IzzyOnDroid And since forced proprietary mobile phone apps have proven successful for banks, they have little incentive to start offering HBCI as proprietary apps are more profitable.

@IzzyOnDroid @wswartzendruber I'm talking about the banks that are 100% phone access only. There is no web UI anymore, and no HBCI. In Germany your reality is different than the rest of the world. HBCI is German; it hasn't even crossed the boarder into Belgium.

@IzzyOnDroid Another one of my banks has wholly discontinued the web, so the phone app is the /only/ means for access. This happened after I moved away from the bank, so I can't even transfer my money out. Since consumers are happy to accept this, the banks are fine with cutting us off. As our options shrink, the unwitting masses are being exploited. It's lose-lose.

@IzzyOnDroid It works against us b/c we are a negligible minority. The bank can marginalize us & they don't even notice b/c the masses are onboard. *All* of my banks have apps exclusively in Playstore & Apple's store. One of my banks has gradually removing web features to push ppl to the phone.