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"""
Google announced that as of September 2026, it will no longer be possible to develop apps for the Android platform without first registering centrally with Google.

This registration will involve:

- Paying a fee to Google
- Agreeing to Google’s Terms and Conditions
- Providing government identification
- Uploading evidence of the developer’s private signing key
- Listing all current and future application identifiers
"""

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Reid

20h ago

@alice the requirement to upload the private key is particularly sketchy because what other reason is there than to distribute tampered APKs, probably for the purpose of "law enforcement" that will 1000% be done only with a warrant

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Martin Rust 18h ago

@reiddragon @alice
The web page and the toot say "evidence of the developer’s private signing key" - what does "evidence" mean?

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Reid

@martinrust @alice quite frankly I don't know where that's even from considering the android.com page makes no mention of the word "evidence", though that's not to say it provides any clarity on the matter.

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