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GrapheneOS Under Threat: EU Age Verification And Google Changes Endanger Privacy-Focused Android
How EU digital identity rules and Google's restrictive policies threaten the future of privacy-focused Android operating systems like GrapheneOS.
The most privacy-conscious users have responded by installing privacy-focused Android forks such as GrapheneOS, CalyxOS and LineageOS on their mobile devices, or by buying de-Googled smartphones such as those provided by the European manufacturer Murena. Does it make sense to brag about European digital sovereignty efforts when, to access public services, citizens are forced to rely on the proprietary infrastructure created by an American company? Law enforcement agencies, including Catalonia’s police, have singled out Google Pixel devices running GrapheneOS as preferred tools for organized crime due to their strong encryption and anti-forensic features.
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