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Paying without Google: New consortium wants to remove custom ROM hurdles creating an open source alternative to Google Play Integrity (www.heise.de)
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Pay securely with an Android smartphone, completely without Google services: This is the plan being developed by the newly founded industry consortium led by the German Volla Systeme GmbH. It is an open-source alternative to Google Play Integrity. This proprietary interface decides on Android smartphones with Google Play services whether banking, government, or wallet apps are allowed to run on a smartphone.

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[–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

And who guarantees that your PC doesn't have malware?

Seriously, people will gobble up all the shit served to them without a question asked or giving it a second thought.

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  • [–] -2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    And who guarantees that your PC doesn’t have malware?

    Microsoft is legally responsible if the software they provide is found to actually contain malware.

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