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Google could have built a system like that from the start, where Google-certified Android means you have a vanilla base image, plus (openly available) drivers,

by TillE 3y ago

Google could have built a system like that from the start, where Google-certified Android means you have a vanilla base image, plus (openly available) drivers, plus whatever crap the manufacturer wants to layer on top. Basically not unlike Windows. Unfortunately they didn't do that, so it's still a mess.

dns_snek 3y ago
Not only is Google not making it more open, since 2020 they've been actively working to close the ecosystem down with hardware-backed SafetyNet attestations. https://groups.google.com/g/safetynet-api-clients/c/lpDXBNeV7Fg/m/Ov2H6ZvhBQAJ https://groups.google.com/g/safetynet-api-clients/c/lpDXBNeV... You may be able to build your own OS, but as soon as you unlock that bootloader to install it, all of your banking apps will stop working and there will be no workarounds once hw-backed attestation is mandated.