| ▲ | matheusmoreira 4 hours ago | |
Not for long if Google has any say about it. Hardware remote attestation is here, and it's the number one threat to mobile computing freedom. The future is one where everyone can, theoretically, install anything they want, but they get banned from everything should they actually do so. Rooted system? Attestation fails. "Oh no, looks like someone tampered with the system". Can't access your bank account. Can't communicate via WhatsApp. Can't watch something on the streaming services. Can't even play video games. Discrimination against "untrustworthy" devices, where "untrustworthy" means not corporate owned. Leading to complete ostracization. | ||
| ▲ | doug-moen 3 hours ago | parent [-] | |
GrapheneOS already has their own attestation API that verifies the app is running on GrapheneOS. Since GrapheneOS is more secure than stock Android, security conscious apps like banking apps have a solid technical reason to use the API and support Graphene. We just need to raise the profile of GrapheneOS and convince more banking apps to use this API, if they are already using Google's attestation API. GrapheneOS's strategy for raising their profile and being seen as more legitimate is that they've formed a partnership with Motorola Mobility, who will be manufacturing Graphene compatible phones. <https://motorolanews.com/motorola-three-new-b2b-solutions-at...> | ||