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@sposadelvento @_Riccardo_ @tecnologia It's a problem because apps adopting this are mainly doing things how Google documents it without even considering the existence of GrapheneOS. For their digital ID and age verification standards, the EU should be defining actual security requirements based on their needs and then only enforcing those with it open to any devices or operating systems. They really shouldn't give any special advantage to ones licensing Google Mobile Services.
@sposadelvento @_Riccardo_ @tecnologia Practically, they're going to give an inherent advantage to devices licensing Google Mobile Services by permitting them as a default. It would still be possible to permit other devices and operating systems. They're choosing to do things in an extraordinarily anti-competitive way where alternatives are completely locked out of using the relevant apps rather than just a mildly anti-competitive approach where non-Google options need to deal with more.
@GrapheneOS @sposadelvento @tecnologia Why do you think they decided to take this path?
@_Riccardo_ @sposadelvento @tecnologia They don't want to define security standards and through that rule out using 50% of devices due to blatant security flaws. Instead, they want to provide the semblance of security through outsourcing everything to Apple and Google.
@GrapheneOS @_Riccardo_ @tecnologia
we're living a time when the Prime Minister, regardless its colour, communicates with people via Facebook videos.
They don't find anything strange or dangerous in that.
And what we can do ?
Okay, guess talking about that is a starting point.
I voted this issue asking to avoid Google API forma age verification, by the way...
https://mastodon.uno/@informapirata/114930006567717099