When the Canadian Kimberly Prost learned Donald Trump’s administration had imposed sanctions on her, it came as a shock.
For years, she has sat as a judge at the international criminal court, weighing accusations of war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity; now she is on the same list as terrorists and those involved in organised crime. “It really was a moment of a bit of disbelief,” she said.
Credit cards cancelled, Google accounts closed: ICC judges on life under Trump sanctions
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/feb/18/international-criminal-court-icc-judges-trump-sanctions
22 Comments
Mihies@programming.dev · 108 pts · 196d
That's why we need an alternative to US credit cards yesterday. And also a spine transplant to politicians.
abacabadabacaba@infosec.pub · 70 pts · 196d
It's not just cards. Many banks today require using a mobile app for online banking, and those apps require an Apple- or Google-certified device and an Apple or Google account. While it is possible to open those accounts under a false name (the apps are free so you don't need to enter payment info), this is still an absurd amount of leverage the US has on everyday people's activities in other countries.
Mihies@programming.dev · 11 pts · 196d
Yes, that too. However, you have alternatives to Android to some degree that would allow a banking app to work. Nevertheless, we need a non-US operating system for mobile devices and so on.
abacabadabacaba@infosec.pub · 18 pts · 196d
Not if an app uses Play Integrity. The entire purpose of Play Integrity is to not work on anything that is not a Google-certified OS.
Mihies@programming.dev · 5 pts · 196d
Yes, that's why I said to some degree. I didn't test it, but at least some banking apps work from what I hear. I plan to test it soon.
phx@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 196d
All my banks have apps but I haven't found any that don't support just a browser
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 196d
throws_lemy@lemmy.nz · 29 pts · 196d
Not only US credit cards, we also need online payment alternatives. And the most annoying thing is the google play services requirements for every single app, just like this one as an example
https://mastodon.social/@jdelacueva/116103089304791787
elmicha@feddit.org · 6 pts · 196d
In Europe there's WERO which was started to replace Paypal. It's still in its infancy though.
throws_lemy@lemmy.nz · 4 pts · 196d
In our country, we use QR code payments. Currently, we have agreements to use this payment method with several countries in Asia. But it's still infuriating because most online payment and banking apps require Google Play Services.
TheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 196d
Infancy? At the very least, it's already learned to walk. According to Wikipedia, within 14 months of its launch, 43.5 million users were registered.
atropa@piefed.social · 4 pts · 196d
Mihies@programming.dev · 6 pts · 196d
They isolate your app, right. That is good enough for me for an interim period.
bdonvr@thelemmy.club · 2 pts · 196d
It's usually because they use Google for notification services
D_C@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 196d
It's weird, I don't want to sanction an ICC judge. Let's have a look why that is...
Hmmm, the only thing I can think of is that maybe it's because I'm not an international criminal?
So, by that logic, anyone who sanctions an ICC judge must therefore be an international criminal.
Iamcanadian@piefed.ca · 13 pts · 196d
I’d like to know what the Canadian government and the EU are going to do about this.
plyth@feddit.org · 12 pts · 196d
The EU commission can do the same. Some people agree since there are strong Russian connections. But canceling the ability to pay without a judical verdict is wrong. https://feddit.org/post/26079160
My fear is that this will come to anybody who is inconvenient to those in power.
we_all_live_in_a_capital_i@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 196d
Sometimes sanctions have to be swift, like sanctioning Russian oligarchs or manufacturers supporting the war. But there should be repercussions for sanctions imposed in bad faith or to intimidate.
plyth@feddit.org · 2 pts · 196d
There must also be a minimum of monthly allowed funds for food and shelter. Those sanctions will come for regular citizens and at worst they will be imposed by an AI for comments on the internet, for anything the EU doesn't like.
AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 195d
What would be the ideal answer is for the ICC to turn around and make every complicit company legally international criminals.
tirateimas@lemmy.pt · 7 pts · 196d
Perhaps these actions will start opening people's eyes to the lack of alternatives and to the massive power that controlling financial and technological tools provides.
HubertManne@piefed.social · 2 pts · 196d
ill be a judge and take these "punishments" where their Xitter and facebook accounts canceled to
ThunderQueen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 196d
HubertManne@piefed.social · 1 pts · 196d
woosh. I don't have some of those.
rushmonke@ttrpg.network · -4 pts · 196d
Wouldn't have this problem with Monero.