Banks hit with $549 million in fines for use of Signal, WhatsApp to evade regulators’ reach - eviltoast

Banks hit with $549 million in fines for use of Signal, WhatsApp to evade regulators’ reach::Wells Fargo, a relatively small player on Wall Street, racked up the most fines Tuesday, with a total of $200 million in penalties.

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    1 year ago

    I thought about that already. It’s absolutely intentional, because you already know that they’ll keep using those apps, and even if they were illegal, they would keep using them and just get another fine, which is obviously not something that bothers them. It’s to prevent normal people from having any privacy.