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

cross-posted from: https://lemmings.world/post/42484977

Pay securely with an Android smartphone, completely without Google services: This is the plan being developed by the newly founded industry consortium led by the German Volla Systeme GmbH. It is an open-source alternative to Google Play Integrity. This proprietary interface decides on Android smartphones with Google Play services whether banking, government, or wallet apps are allowed to run on a smartphone.

  • exu@feditown.comEnglish
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    20 hours ago

    Totally agree that nobody should have this power. However we don’t live in a perfect world and a slight improvenent is much better than none.