I predict that normal people will began to get comfortable with ignoring SSL errors, even more than they already are. Perhaps we will see the proliferation of https-stripping proxies too.

But how do they prevent people double spending the same amount? Say someone has 100$ and boards on a plane. During the trip, this person buys a bag of potato chips sold for 90$. At the same time, his bank account is automatically charged 90$ for a bill.

With credit cards, handling this case is baked into the system. As far as I am aware, direct debt has no equivalent.

> There is no on-device scanning without compromising privacy. Scanning that can detect child abuse can also detect human rights activists, investigative journalists, and so on. I imagine this technology can be easily used by the government to identify journalists by scanning for material related to their investigation.

> On-device scanning is a fabrication that Apple foolishly introduced to the mainstream, and one that rabid politicians bit into and refuse to let go.

And I'll add this: Citizens lose of their right to privacy is the death of their democracy.

I will also do everything in my power to halt support for Android in favor of web apps. No sense duplicating work for two separate platforms if one is just a crappy clone of another.

Standard libraries should include everything needed to interact with modern systems. This means HTTP parsing, HTTP requests, and JSON parsing. Some laguages are excellent (like python), while some are half way there (like go), and some are just broken (Rust).

External libraries are for niche or specialized functionality. External libraries are not for functionality that is used by most modern software. To put your head in the ground and insist otherwise is madness and will lead to ridiculous outcomes like this.

On-device scanning is a fabrication that Apple foolishly introduced to the mainstream, and one that rabid politicians bit into and refuse to let go.

Perhaps this is no consolation to the victims, but the pendulum will continue to swing both ways as it always has. These monsters and their offspring will reap what they sowed. Humanity too will reap this reward.

The solution to some people being susceptible to influence is not to cover the entire world with styrofoam. Mind you, I too stared suicide in the eyes and unlike you, I was not lucky enough to escape unscathed. That said, I will never propose something as unhinged as this.

This is also the same trap that China is barrelling into right now and they will absolutely find themselves in the same position eventually.

Not only that, but many of their core services (national payment network) are now exclusively offered in their app and no where else (yes, they will not allow you to do them in person or through their ATM). Your bank _will_ disable their website when you are the only one left using it.

I am not exaggerating. There is no way for me to use these core services if I don't use their app and they wont allow me to use their app thanks to their google play policy.

Unless otherwise mandated, their website will go away and they will have their way with your rights and make you pay for it.

Don't shrug this off. Fight this while you still can.