What Is Changing in Android Security?
At the core of this shift is Google’s updated Play Integrity API. Developers can now reliably detect whether a device is running a supported Android version, receiving security updates, and passing system integrity checks.
Apps — especially banking, payments, enterprise, and government services — can respond by restricting features or refusing to run on devices that fail these checks.
GOS has made the statement they won’t lie, spoof, or otherwise misrepresent the runtime environment. That means lazy apps who just turn googles safety and security knob all the way to 11 will refuse to run on GOS.
I’m not a dev, so kilos of salt, but I expect it to make grapheneos and side loaded apps largely unusable or extremely compromised, without devs serious and quick attention. If you can afford to support the devs, you may consider doing so.
How is this expected to impact other operating systems like GrapheneOS? I’ve really enjoyed a pretty solid experience on Graphene.
GOS has made the statement they won’t lie, spoof, or otherwise misrepresent the runtime environment. That means lazy apps who just turn googles safety and security knob all the way to 11 will refuse to run on GOS.
my banking app already won’t let me use zelle on main profile without the g00g stuff. works okay on the profile with it though
I’m not a dev, so kilos of salt, but I expect it to make grapheneos and side loaded apps largely unusable or extremely compromised, without devs serious and quick attention. If you can afford to support the devs, you may consider doing so.