Motorola confirms GrapheneOS support for a future phone, bringing over features

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Motorola confirms GrapheneOS support for a future phone, bringing over features - Lemmy.World

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I’ll buy if decent specs and price good
I solely need camera, contactless payments and projection for cars. If it is capable of these I am pre ordering.
Contactless payment will not happen under grapheneOS, it relies on google play services and integrity check. Graphene does have sandboxed play services, but it doesn’t pass integrity check.
Contactless payments does not need to be Google Pay. There are alternatives.
What are those alternatives…?
Gaël Duval, the lead developer behind /e/OS, has been recommending an app called Zettle on his blog. It at least work on degoogled /e/OS, probably GrapheneOS as well. I have no personal experience as I prefer sticking to cards.
Practical Payment Solutions for Murena and /e/OS Users - Gaël Duval (blog, Murena, /e/OS my data is my data, Mandrake Linux...)

We’re living in an age where every tap and every swipe can feed the data collection practices of Big Tech giants. Smartphones have become integral to our daily transactions, highlighting the growing need for secure, privacy-respecting payment solutions. Google Pay might appear convenient, but it comes at a significant cost: your personal data. Every transaction … Continue reading "Practical Payment Solutions for Murena and /e/OS Users"

Gaël Duval (blog, Murena, /e/OS my data is my data, Mandrake Linux...)

The most famous one is probably PayPal. But I assume for people who are privacy focused, that would be not the first choice.

There is Curve Pay, but I know nothing about it besides the fact that it exists.

Samsung Pay exists, but it only works on Samsung devices and therefore is not really an alternative in this case.

And then there are some regional options. Here in Germany are same banks that offer their own payment apps, most famously the Sparkassen. I heard there are also some Indian and east Asian payment apps, but I don’t know much about them.