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Revolut, McDonald's, and Authy have banned the use of GrapheneOS. (grapheneos.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/15995282

Real unfortunate news for GrapheneOS users as Revolut has decided to ban the use of 'non-google' approved OSes. This is currently being posted about and updated by GrahpeneOS over at Bluesky for those who want to follow it more closely.

Edit: had to change the title, originally it said Uber too but I cannot find back to the source of ether that's true or not..

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[–] zako 75 points 3 weeks ago (24 children)

the problem here is not the banks or apps, the problem is Google Play Integrity API, which is supposed to enforce to run apps in secured phones and it is used to ban secured ROMs such as GrapheneOS and it allows to run apps on outdated phones without security patches.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

So that's why it works on lineage? They seem to get around this somehow

[–] zako 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It runs in Lineage? Lineage is certified by Google Play Integrity API (I doubt it)? or Lineage tricks Google Play Integrity API?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes. These apps work and bank apps work fine. Netflix works too.

[–] zako 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There are only problems with a bunch of applications that recently decided to use Play Integrity API not with every banking app nor Netflix.

This is the list: https://grapheneos.org/articles/attestation-compatibility-guide#apps-banning-grapheneos

In fact those applications should not work with Lineage unless Play Integrity API is patched/cracked someway in Lineage.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Authy in that list works fine too

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