Non-motoring > Using Banking Apps etc Abroad… Computing Issues
Thread Author: zippy Replies: 10
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New Wed 17 Jan 24 11:09 
 Using Banking Apps etc Abroad… - zippy
I had no idea that using certain apps can land you in a lot of trouble abroad.

A client was visiting an Asian country to see a supplier.

Whilst there are likely other issues that alerted the authorities- there was effectively a falling out over quality and pricing and authorities were involved. No doubt under the counter payments got them involved.

They got hold of the client’s phone and held him for having 256bit encryption on his banking app. The maximum allowed is 40 bits without written permission / a licence from the authorities.
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New Wed 17 Jan 24 12:07 
 Using Banking Apps etc Abroad… - CGNorwich
Not the sort of thing the average tourist needs to worry about really
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New Thu 18 Jan 24 09:47 
 Using Banking Apps etc Abroad… - Fursty Ferret
Which backwards country was this?
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New Thu 18 Jan 24 10:35 
 Using Banking Apps etc Abroad… - Kevin
My guess would be India where they have introduced a law restricting Joe Public to 40bit encryption (which is trivial to crack). How they hope to reconcile that with their mandate that banks (and infrastructure operators) use strong encryption to protect their communications is anyone's guess.
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New Fri 19 Jan 24 00:03 
 Using Banking Apps etc Abroad… - zippy
>> My guess would be India where they have introduced a law restricting Joe Public to
>> 40bit encryption (which is trivial to crack). How they hope to reconcile that with their
>> mandate that banks (and infrastructure operators) use strong encryption to protect their communications is anyone's
>> guess.
>>

That's my understanding.
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New Fri 19 Jan 24 09:30 
 Using Banking Apps etc Abroad… - Bromptonaut
>> Not the sort of thing the average tourist needs to worry about really

You're probably right there but it's interesting how easy it is to fall foul of the law when travelling.

Various UK prescription or over the counter medicines, particularly but by no means exclusively those containing codeine, can get you into trouble.
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New Fri 19 Jan 24 14:44 
 Using Banking Apps etc Abroad… - zippy
>> Not the sort of thing the average tourist needs to worry about really
>>

I think you're right, until that country wants to stir up a fuss or make an example of someone, or make a point to the UK etc.
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New Fri 19 Jan 24 11:08 
 Using Banking Apps etc Abroad… - Kevin
It's another case of politicians and technology. Oil and water. Just look at that steaming pile of our own Online Safety Bill.
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New Fri 19 Jan 24 17:24 
 Using Banking Apps etc Abroad… - Manatee
>> It's another case of politicians and technology. Oil and water. Just look at that steaming
>> pile of our own Online Safety Bill.

The average politician's ignorance of science is almost wilful. I include statistics.
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New Sat 20 Jan 24 10:59 
 Using Banking Apps etc Abroad… - zippy
>> I include statistics.
>>

Oh they know statistics far too well.

An acquaintance of mine worked for the NSO in the late '80s / early '90s as an IT bod and had to run queries on the data sets and present graphs to them.

The classic was just selecting the bit of the graph that showed what they wanted - so a deteriorating trend with a small improvement in the middle - the bit with the improvement was the bit that they showed.

This guff ought to be illegal.

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New Sat 20 Jan 24 22:26 
 Using Banking Apps etc Abroad… - bathtub tom
That brings back memories. IIRC it was something to do with 'tails' and if an improvement could be seen on these 'tails' it was quoted as a percentage, implying it was an overall improvement.
I'll have to go and sleep on it.
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