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Attestation requirements

Attestation requirements

Posted Jul 29, 2025 12:36 UTC (Tue) by kleptog (subscriber, #1183)
In reply to: Attestation requirements by pabs
Parent article: Graphene OS: a security-enhanced Android build

That's an interesting question. In this specific context, probably not. There is no market for government services, hence it cannot be anti-competitive. Any issues would fall in the scope of accessibility or fairness of government actions.

Governments create markets. Distorting markets is their job. They destroy the market for assassination while creating the markets for digital goods.

The discussion about such apps requiring Google Android is an important one, but seems to be missing the point. Complaining "the EU is forcing us to use Google" is not a useful action. People need to be proposing viable alternatives. Perhaps working out what it would take for Google to sign Graphene OS. Or perhaps providing an alternate attestation API that would allow a national government to attest the security instead of Google.

People need to work the problem, not complain about the solution. The issue here is: how can someone prove they are over 18 without requiring them to submit their entire government ID with all their personal information. Continuing the current practice of sending copies of your passport/ID card/drivers license everywhere is viable, but (I hope you agree) not optimal.


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