sanitation@lemmy.today to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 months agoYour phone is about to stop being yours. — Starting September 2026, a silent update, nonconsensually pushed by Google, will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with Google, sign…keepandroidopen.orgexternal-linkmessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: linux@lemmy.world
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkYour phone is about to stop being yours. — Starting September 2026, a silent update, nonconsensually pushed by Google, will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with Google, sign…keepandroidopen.orgsanitation@lemmy.today to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 months agomessage-square28linkfedilinkcross-posted to: linux@lemmy.world
minus-squareWhoIzDisIz@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoNot directly, but they’ve been making other moves to make life difficult for such users — such as significantly delaying releasing the open source parts they’re supposed to, potentially leaving users on insecure versions for far longer.
minus-squaredb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoAlso things like trusted computing preventing things like banking apps from running on rooted OS
Not directly, but they’ve been making other moves to make life difficult for such users — such as significantly delaying releasing the open source parts they’re supposed to, potentially leaving users on insecure versions for far longer.
Also things like trusted computing preventing things like banking apps from running on rooted OS