Hold on a minute.
Their intent here isn’t to protect our online lives. It’s to block out the US spyware and replace it with fucking EU spyware (see government mandated spyware aka age verification)
It’s not that they’re doing something good… They just want to be the ones collecting the data…
Why did this take me so long to realize?
Well, there’s always someone who’ll have access to your data, that’s just how life works, so do you want a say on how that’s used, how much is shared and with whom? Or do you want to hand it over to the US. To me that’s an easy choice.
sad British noises
Last week I had to jump through a bunch of hoops because my phone runs Graphene, and I needed to use the government’s new One ID app to prove who I am in order to renew my driving licence. Obviously the app doesn’t work in Graphene, because it relies on Google Play Services, which I have installed and sandboxed, but it ain’t good enough.
So I ended up having to download a pdf letter from .gov.uk to take to the Post Office so I could queue for half an hour so a guy there could say that yes, I do appear to be who I am.
I really, really don’t like that I’m made to feel like a second class citizen because I choose to use a mobile OS that isn’t Google or Apple.
And all of this isn’t to mention that I can’t use my banking app on my phone either.
I feel kinda lucky that my bank (italian) mobile app doesn’t rely on google play services still… Though not sure how long is it going to last
The largest Norwegian bank app has up until now received updates specifically to work with GOS, so hope that continues.
