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Items 1,2,and 4 are solved by running an app in its dedicated browser instance. There are simple tools for making containers like this.

4 is completely backwards. A native app has far more ability to spy on you, even to mutate data across your system, than a browser-sandboxed web app.



Also, you have no idea whether native apps are sending your data securely (without using something like Wireshark). With Web apps its trivial to check for HTTPS.




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