Denzil FerreiraEU needs to make a stand on Play Integrity. If app devs enforce Play Integrity, this means only Google Certified devices can use banking, etc. This excludes all alternative mobile OS. No #postmarketOS, no #SailfishOS, no Android derivatives #GrapheneOS etc. You don't need Play Integrity. If someone is capable to install or use alternative OS, they sure know what to install or not install, it is on their responsibility. Using non-root but bootloader unlocked device (otherwise can't use alternative OS) does not make my device less secure. On the contrary, it is using an up to date OS with the latest security patches. Do we really want all mobile devices have to be Google Certified? No. #mobile #integrity #bootloader #unlocked #nonsense #Europe
keithzg@denzilferreira Yeah the irony of using a Google phone and being locked out of a lot of apps these days because now my phone is untrusted *because I've updated it to keep up with security updates* is very rich.
And any regulators sleeping on the incredible lock-in that results from this are basically just allowing oligopolies to solidify.