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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬onMastodon2d ago
Paying without #Google: New consortium in #Europe wants to remove #customROM hurdles
Using #banking and payment apps on #Android smartphones with custom ROMs is a problem: A European industry consortium now wants to change that. It is an #opensource alternative to #GooglePlayIntegrity. This proprietary interface decides on Android smartphones with #GooglePlay services whether banking, government, or wallet apps are allowed to run on a smartphone.
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Paying-without-Google-New-consortium-wants-to-remove-custom-ROM-hurdles-11204037.html
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Analysis Summary
A European consortium led by Volla Systeme GmbH is building an open-source alternative to Google Play Integrity, which blocks banking and payment apps from running on custom Android ROMs. Called UnifiedAttestation, the initiative includes Murena (/e/OS), iodé OS, and will be distributed under an Apache 2.0 license. The goal is to break free from the control of a single US corporation toward greater digital sovereignty—this matters because millions of users running privacy-focused Android alternatives currently can't access banking or mobile payments. App developers will need to specifically support UnifiedAttestation for it to work, so adoption will take time.
Claims Analysis (4)
“Using banking and payment apps on Android smartphones with custom ROMs is a problem”
Confirmed by multiple sources including Android Authority, Heise, WebProNews documenting this as a widespread issue.
“A European industry consortium now wants to change that”
Multiple sources confirm consortium formation led by Volla Systeme GmbH with Murena and iodé OS as partners.
“It is an open-source alternative to Google Play Integrity”
Confirmed by Slashdot, Android Authority, Heise: initiative called UnifiedAttestation will be released under Apache 2.0 license.
“Google Play Integrity is a proprietary interface that decides whether banking, government, or wallet apps are allowed to run”
Accurate in substance—Play Integrity is a security check that blocks banking/gov apps on unsupported ROMs—but technically apps themselves decide to block access based on the API results, not Google directly.
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