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Disclaimer: I have been a maintainer for LineageOS and a long time user.
Whoever advocates for LineageOS don’t get it. Using LineageOS will not fix any issue like this.
Already today using LineageOS means give up on banking apps, ID apps, and even McDonald’s and some games like Pokemon.
Yeah because Google with play intergrity now demands valid keys that gets invalidated as soon Google detect they are used for such usage. The cat and mouse game suddenly got much harder to beat.
So no, using LineageOS will soon be possible only with secondary devices and not your primary that you will need for your actual stuff to work.
Exactly, trying to find software alternative for what ultimately going to be locked down hardware is never going to be a sustainable solution.
Alternative OS means nothing if there’s no widely supported open hardware with unlocked bootloader to run such OS long term, and Google is got all mainstream phone manufactures cornered legally and commercially with this and their requirement for manufecturer authorization for shipping GMS suite with their products.
The only way out is this ridiculous decision of Google getting push backs from legislation, because there’s nothing manufecturers can do and without them there’s nothing FOSS developers can do to push back long term, and Google isn’t stopping themselves from doing Evil™.
Already today using LineageOS means give up on banking apps, ID apps, and even McDonald’s and some games like Pokemon.
Yeah because Google with play intergrity now demands valid keys that gets invalidated as soon Google detect they are used for such usage. The cat and mouse game suddenly got much harder to beat.
But if I’m already using LineageOS without GApps, this wouldn’t make any difference, right?
I agree that those things are going to happen, but again, I’m deliberately not using GApps and thus no Playstore apps, including WA. Using an undesirable product is a vote for the continued existence of that product, so the only winning move is not to play, isn’t it? 🤷
I don’t know about the US but on this side of the pond banks have their own 2nd factor apps. So to log in to a bank’s website you need an app - quite probably with play integrity.
Dang. Y’all need to pick better credit unions. MFA rolling token is an open standard. Any single app can support all of my (correctly implemented) tokens. I prefer Aegis, but they (correctly implemented MFA apps) all work.
I don’t want to trust my money to someone who can’t implement standards compliant MFA.
I’ve been using a dedicated TAN generator for banking since I first made my account but I don’t doubt that’s going away at some point, since debit cards from the same bank already require an app for 3-D secure.
No, hardware TAN generator work fine. If the bank wants to force me to use proprietary snake oil it’s time for a new bank. Or using a dedicated old smartphone just for the app.
Banks use their app to generate the otp and they reinvented the wheel so if you want to login you need to install it, can’t use a generic authenticator. I am not aware of any single bank in the EU that allows the use of generic authenticators.
For McDonald’s, using the app gives at least 50% off. A menu in the app costs 5 euro while on the store kiosk costs 12 euro. I do not personally care because I find their food to be just barely edible, but I understand why there’s a need to install the app
I (for the moment) use stock android without a google account without any issues.
Then again i don’t use banking apps on a smartphone.
My gov provides ID apps and they work fine - then again, GPS is installed of course.
Fuck McDonnalds.
I’ll have to check app support on Linage or PostMarketOS in the near future.
I remember when internet banking meant installing some shitty “security” software on Windows before it would let you access the proper page on your browser.
Seriously? Open computing is dead to you because you can’t order fast food or play games? I don’t even have Google Play on this GOS device.
And, by the way, my banking app works fine on LineageOS. Not that I need it, since I use a hardware TAN generator.
Disclaimer: I have been a maintainer for LineageOS and a long time user.
Whoever advocates for LineageOS don’t get it. Using LineageOS will not fix any issue like this.
Already today using LineageOS means give up on banking apps, ID apps, and even McDonald’s and some games like Pokemon.
Yeah because Google with play intergrity now demands valid keys that gets invalidated as soon Google detect they are used for such usage. The cat and mouse game suddenly got much harder to beat.
So no, using LineageOS will soon be possible only with secondary devices and not your primary that you will need for your actual stuff to work.
Exactly, trying to find software alternative for what ultimately going to be locked down hardware is never going to be a sustainable solution.
Alternative OS means nothing if there’s no widely supported open hardware with unlocked bootloader to run such OS long term, and Google is got all mainstream phone manufactures cornered legally and commercially with this and their requirement for manufecturer authorization for shipping GMS suite with their products.
The only way out is this ridiculous decision of Google getting push backs from legislation, because there’s nothing manufecturers can do and without them there’s nothing FOSS developers can do to push back long term, and Google isn’t stopping themselves from doing Evil™.
Fully agree
But if I’m already using LineageOS without GApps, this wouldn’t make any difference, right?
Edit: Also - thanks for all your work!
And soon you will need a second device with locked down bootloader and play integrity to use mainstream apps.
What when meta will require attestation to run WhatsApp? Not if, when…
I agree that those things are going to happen, but again, I’m deliberately not using GApps and thus no Playstore apps, including WA. Using an undesirable product is a vote for the continued existence of that product, so the only winning move is not to play, isn’t it? 🤷
Counterpoint: I use the McDonald’s app where it belongs - on a giant greasy ordering kiosk.
But seriously, banks have websites. Everyone and everything has a website.
I don’t need Android apps at the cost of my privacy or at the cost of control of my devices.
I use GrapheneOS as my only phone, and I have done so for years.
Whatever the topic, I don’t need an app for that.
I don’t know about the US but on this side of the pond banks have their own 2nd factor apps. So to log in to a bank’s website you need an app - quite probably with play integrity.
Dang. Y’all need to pick better credit unions. MFA rolling token is an open standard. Any single app can support all of my (correctly implemented) tokens. I prefer Aegis, but they (correctly implemented MFA apps) all work.
I don’t want to trust my money to someone who can’t implement standards compliant MFA.
That would scare the daylights out of me.
In America, we’re lucky if our bank supports 2fa, let alone require an app for it
That’s insane, I have never heard of such a thing, but I’m in the US where most banks don’t even have non-sms second factor.
I’ve been using a dedicated TAN generator for banking since I first made my account but I don’t doubt that’s going away at some point, since debit cards from the same bank already require an app for 3-D secure.
No, hardware TAN generator work fine. If the bank wants to force me to use proprietary snake oil it’s time for a new bank. Or using a dedicated old smartphone just for the app.
Counter-counterpoint:
Banks use their app to generate the otp and they reinvented the wheel so if you want to login you need to install it, can’t use a generic authenticator. I am not aware of any single bank in the EU that allows the use of generic authenticators.
For McDonald’s, using the app gives at least 50% off. A menu in the app costs 5 euro while on the store kiosk costs 12 euro. I do not personally care because I find their food to be just barely edible, but I understand why there’s a need to install the app
Some people have no smartphone at all. How can they be customers at your bank?
They physically go there in person.
That’s still a thing.
Damn… The two extremes of the cyberpunk dystopia: no tech at all vs tech slavery.
Pay a fee of 0.30€ to receive the otp via SMS every time they want to login without the proprietary otp app and 0.30€ for each payment to authorize
Fucking hell, y’all make me realize how lucky I am with my bank that runs without gapps.
I’ve never had an issue with the three banking apps I tried on LineageOS, and I didn’t even know there was a McDonald’s app or pokemon games.
If this list for /e/os roughly applies to LineageOS (with microG), I wouldn’t call it “only for secondary devices”, more “won’t work for some people”
Did I miss something? AFAIK google is requiring devs to ID, not to use SafetyNet or whatever the “only-runs-on-certified-phones” thing is called
I (for the moment) use stock android without a google account without any issues.
Then again i don’t use banking apps on a smartphone.
My gov provides ID apps and they work fine - then again, GPS is installed of course.
Fuck McDonnalds.
I’ll have to check app support on Linage or PostMarketOS in the near future.
Would you recommend a B-2 Spirit solution or not yet?
I assume this is the same with GrapheneOS?
My bank app works without issue inside a private space with sandboxed Play services on my main user profile.
I also have an investment app which runs without any issue whatsoever.
Maybe I’m lucky and these Canadian companies just aren’t dicks about mandating google.
As far as I’m aware, as of now, graphene does not meet googles attestation (Uncertified Device), because google says so, but is easily more secure.
Google’s lockdown has zero to do with security.
I remember when internet banking meant installing some shitty “security” software on Windows before it would let you access the proper page on your browser.
Seriously? Open computing is dead to you because you can’t order fast food or play games? I don’t even have Google Play on this GOS device. And, by the way, my banking app works fine on LineageOS. Not that I need it, since I use a hardware TAN generator.