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Pay securely with an Android smartphone, completely without Google services: This is the plan being developed by the newly founded industry consortium led by the German Volla Systeme GmbH. It is an open-source alternative to Google Play Integrity. This proprietary interface decides on Android smartphones with Google Play services whether banking, government, or wallet apps are allowed to run on a smartphone.

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[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

I can shop online on a fucking toaster.

[-] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 17 hours ago

hmm do you have a link to the product?

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 5 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

What i wanted to say: a webshop having poor safety standards, can cost a honest customer 1000s. But nobody makes much security theater there. But for banks, you suddenly have to be not rooted, allow a virus scan, have a locked bootloader, best a face scan and a chip implant too. Despite banking apps using webview too.

[-] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 15 hours ago

yeah well it's all about who carries the risks i'd say. i think that if you're willing to take the risk yourself, you should be allowed to install a banking app on any device. just beware the risk, and you need to be warned about those.

this post was submitted on 16 Mar 2026
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