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Google's beefing up Android app security, but not everyone's going to be happy
The Play Integrity API is getting some upgrades right now, but better spoof protection could cause headaches for custom ROMs.
On Android, Google offers developers the use of its Play Integrity API to securely verify the environment apps run in. The vast majority of these changes won’t be visible to you at all, and really all you could expect is that apps will be ever so slightly faster, as Google reduces API latency. You might find yourself running into more situations where an app protests because your phone hasn’t gotten a security update in over a year — but maybe that’s your cue to move to a better-supported handset, anyway.
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