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Google Details Android Lockdown — 750 Million Users Must Upgrade (digital-escape-tools-phi.vercel.app)
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[–] 30 points 9 months ago (6 children)

What Is Changing in Android Security? At the core of this shift is Google’s updated Play Integrity API. Developers can now reliably detect whether a device is running a supported Android version, receiving security updates, and passing system integrity checks. Apps — especially banking, payments, enterprise, and government services — can respond by restricting features or refusing to run on devices that fail these checks.

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  • [–] 28 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    How is this expected to impact other operating systems like GrapheneOS? I've really enjoyed a pretty solid experience on Graphene.

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  • [–] 17 points 9 months ago

    I'm not a dev, so kilos of salt, but I expect it to make grapheneos and side loaded apps largely unusable or extremely compromised, without devs serious and quick attention. If you can afford to support the devs, you may consider doing so.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    I'm not that concerned. There is also microg

    "To be clear, developers will have the same freedom to distribute their apps directly to users through sideloading or to use any app store they prefer."

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