How EU digital identity rules and Google's restrictive policies threaten the future of privacy-focused Android operating systems like GrapheneOS.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250810234024/https://www.forbes.com/sites/federicoguerrini/2025/08/10/whos-afraid-of-privacy-focused-smartphones/

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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So far as I can see, this is just speculation (and propaganda!). Regarding European Digital Identity Wallet which the article says is under development, this would be an app you don't neccessarily have to install on your phone (and it might not be possible to install if it requires some google-pay api).

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago*

    European Digital Identity Wallet is the reference implementation under which each member state can model their own to access all governmental services. It will effectively be mandatory for citizens to do anything. It's also planned to be part of the EU age verification implementation.

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