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.

  • rollerbang@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    And who guarantees that your PC doesn’t have malware?

    Seriously, people will gobble up all the shit served to them without a question asked or giving it a second thought.

    • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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      55 minutes ago

      And who guarantees that your PC doesn’t have malware?

      Microsoft is legally responsible if the software they provide is found to actually contain malware.