Paying without Google: New consortium wants to remove custom ROM hurdles

Using banking and payment apps on Android smartphones with custom ROMs is a problem: A European industry consortium now wants to change that.

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@WeAreFairphone If there has to be a system for controlling which devices and operating systems people are allowed to use for running banking and government apps, it shouldn't be run by for-profit companies with massive conflicts of interest. They're going to permit their own products regardless of how insecure those are which will lock out competition. It's not a positive thing because European companies are doing it. If it has to be exist it needs to be neutral and fair, not this.
@GrapheneOS @WeAreFairphone Just a quick question: Will GrapheneOS be installable on the Fairphone?
@alsi @WeAreFairphone No, GrapheneOS will not be available for Fairphones due to their devices not meeting our requirements for updates and hardware-based security. Fairphones don't keep up with Linux kernel, firmware, driver and Android updates. They're missing important hardware security features we use to protect users. They've shown no interest in addressing the major security weaknesses. See https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/24134-devices-lacking-standard-privacysecurity-patches-and-protections-arent-private for more details including links to relevant third party expert coverage.
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