Dutch 'idealist' bank ASN blocks non-Google Android, including GrapheneOS(github.com)
647 points by microtonal 5 days ago | 424 comments
tl;dr: Dutch bank ASN's Wero operator EPI justifies blocking GrapheneOS by claiming hardware key attestation can't prove OS integrity—but that's factually wrong, since Android's attestation certificates include verified boot state and signing key hashes that GrapheneOS publishes for exactly this purpose. A developer on the other side admits they also gate on Play Integrity rather than key attestation, not for security reasons, but because parsing X.509/ASN.1 and maintaining a key hash allowlist is harder to defend to auditors than simply pointing to Google's verdict.
HN Discussion:
  • ↑Banks broadly use obnoxious, security-theater restrictions that regulators should push back against
  • ↑Personal anecdotes confirm banks block GrapheneOS/custom ROMs based on ignorance rather than real security
  • ↑Some banks like ING handle rooted/custom ROM users reasonably, showing the blocking is unnecessary
  • •GrapheneOS users face broader hostility (police targeting, locked-out services) beyond just banking apps
  • ↑Users should push back via reviews or grow GrapheneOS adoption to force banks to stop blocking it