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Paying without Google: New consortium wants to remove custom ROM hurdles (www.heise.de)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/opensource@programming.dev
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cross-posted from: https://lemmings.world/post/42484977

Pay securely with an Android smartphone, completely without Google services: This is the plan being developed by the newly founded industry consortium led by the German Volla Systeme GmbH. It is an open-source alternative to Google Play Integrity. This proprietary interface decides on Android smartphones with Google Play services whether banking, government, or wallet apps are allowed to run on a smartphone.

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[–] 1 point 6 months ago

Totally agree that nobody should have this power. However we don't live in a perfect world and a slight improvenent is much better than none.

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