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by fulafel 1611 days ago
Losing control of your email/google/social media accounts and reputation (eg scams made in your name, blackmail, etc) is a comparable risk to most people. Banks are experienced at handling fraud and you're also legally shielded from bank fraud in many jurisdictions.

(though banks are also clueless in other respects, outlawing devices with lineageos but allowing devices with out of date vendor OS)