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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
"""

https://keepandroidopen.org/

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Keep Android Open

Advocating for Android as a free, open platform for everyone to build apps on.

Show threadReid 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
Show threadMartin Rust18h ago
@reiddragon @alice
The web page and the toot say "evidence of the developer’s private signing key" - what does "evidence" mean?
Show threadRiver
@martinrust @reiddragon @alice i had been under the impression that "evidence" just meant "proof that you have access to that key" i.e. a very basic test where they send you random data, you encrypt it with your Private Key, and they verify with your Public Key. I've done no reading on this topic tho. Is that not the case then?
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Show threadReid 5h ago
@riverpunk @martinrust @alice I have absolutely no idea because the proof of private keys is brought up on keepandroidopen but there's not a mention of proof anywhere on Google's own pages about it, and the phrasing that is there is so ambiguous it might as well be a confused shrug emote