KYC is coming for everyone, everywhere.
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🔐BREAKING: Google will begin verifying the identity of ALL DEVELOPERS who distribute apps on Android, even if it's outside the Play Store!
This is to prevent malware developers from using anonymity as a shield.
Full details👇
🔗https://androidauthority.com/android-developer-verification-requirements-3590911/
Discussion
"malware" like privacy and permissionless payments...
Using platforms that require developers to KYC, is a vote for tyranny.
What side are you on anon?
100%
My concern is that GrapheneOS is used on Pixel phones, which are Google hardware. Not that the current HW is compromised, but that as the mfr they can close that gap. We need OS phone hardware, or else a mesh-enabled alternative.
And after I posted that I found this:
https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsgvuym9del7l2myk3zzpe0mdpqrey0gnkf8msfmepg4swmxm3uz8ghh5har
Don't worry, the current hardware is already compromised.
Wait. Yes worry.
GrapheneOS users also lose the single-party accountability you get with a stock Android phone. This is all very bad.
Do you have evidence that the current hardware is compromised? I don't mind you making the claim, but I want to see evidence to support it.
4G LTE / 5G networking require proprietary components
Modern chips in general have transistors too small to audit properly (we can make new chip designs faster than security auditors can analyze them)
Things like this compromise security for end users inherently
What do you all know or think abouth the Brax3 Phone?
I'm unfamiliar, but the article doesn't do it any favors. “Mysterious” is the last thing I want my operating system to be.
The supposed builder of the phone and its namesake is Rob Braxman who has a youtube channel with 586k subscribers.
Rob Braxman Tech
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