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[–] splendoruranium@infosec.pub 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Already today using LineageOS means give up on banking apps, ID apps, and even McDonald’s and some games like Pokemon.

Yeah because Google with play intergrity now demands valid keys that gets invalidated as soon Google detect they are used for such usage. The cat and mouse game suddenly got much harder to beat.

But if I'm already using LineageOS without GApps, this wouldn't make any difference, right?

Edit: Also - thanks for all your work!

[–] Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And soon you will need a second device with locked down bootloader and play integrity to use mainstream apps.

What when meta will require attestation to run WhatsApp? Not if, when...

[–] splendoruranium@infosec.pub 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I agree that those things are going to happen, but again, I'm deliberately not using GApps and thus no Playstore apps, including WA. Using an undesirable product is a vote for the continued existence of that product, so the only winning move is not to play, isn't it? 🤷