Post #1462013

2026-03-16 09:36 UTC

@bettina @anderslund @volla @murena awesome: “With #UnifiedAttestation, we are creating a transparent and trustworthy procedure for security checks that developers and app publishers can rely on equally. This removes the last hurdle for the use of alternative mobile operating systems" “We don't want to centralize trust, but organize it transparently and publicly verifiable. When companies check competitors' products, we can strengthen that trust," #unplugtrump #degoogle https://www.heise.de/en/news/Paying-without-Google-New-consortium-wants-to-remove-custom-ROM-hurdles-11204037.html

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@MisterSmith@mastodon.social 2026-03-16 09:46

RE: https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/116200110686604617 @bettina @anderslund @volla @murena just read the protest from GrapheneOS: https://mastodon.social/@GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social/116200111659862792 I cannot see through the technical background how this system closes the space and just deamercanizes it, being from EU. https://www.heise.de/en/news/Paying-without-Google-New-consortium-wants-to-remove-custom-ROM-hurdles-11204037.html

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@GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social 2026-03-16 14:53

@MisterSmith@mastodon.social @bettina@mastodon.nu @anderslund@expressional.social All they're doing is building a centralized system on top of standard hardware attestation permitting only their products regardless of how insecure those are. Unified Attestation anti-competitive and clearly illegal. If any app implements this without permitting GrapheneOS via standard Android hardware attestation, that's going to be a problem for each of the companies involved. They aren't allowed to ban using products from other companies.

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@GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social 2026-03-16 16:04

@MisterSmith@mastodon.social Android already has a hardware attestation system open to everyone unlike this centralized system. Volla, Murena and iodé made a centralized system on top of the Android hardware attestation API to permit their own products while forbidding others. They're not enabling anything which wasn't already possible and are fully dependent on standard Android hardware attestation. Unified Attestation is anti-competitive and it clearly isn't legal. https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/116239523775374959

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@itsFriday@toot.community 2026-03-16 22:16

@MisterSmith@mastodon.social @bettina@mastodon.nu @anderslund@expressional.social @volla@mastodon.social @murena@mastodon.social What is the use case of any such system?

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