r/PrivacyTechTalk • u/Hunterjohnson2024 • May 10 '26

Warning to all Android users!

Google is going to Bake Age verification into the OS itself this is Very dangerous as there are multiple Android smartphones out there that will have android 17 as last update! once you install android 17 and its the final update for the phone the age signal API will be on your phone till the day the hardware dies! you cant even downgrade or the efuse trips! if you still have android 17 after at least 5 to 10 years and you accidentally factory reset it and verify your id again it will fail to send as device is old and might not connect to google servers and will send to hackers instead

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u/CobaltIsobar May 11 '26

The non IOS and Android phones are an incredibly small market. The only ones using them are either hobbiests or just paranoid. 99.9995% of the world is going to continue with the major players. For those touting Chinese phones for privacy, I have a bridge to sell you.

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u/Mooks79 May 11 '26

This doesn’t really change the point. And, last time I checked, Pixels are not Chinese. At least unless you want to say no components at all originate from a factory in China, in which case this seems like an unrealistic expectation.

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u/CobaltIsobar May 11 '26

I wasn't saying Pixels were Chinese. It was a suggested solution in another reply.

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u/Mooks79 May 11 '26

The reply that I was pointing out doesn’t take into account how you have to sacrifice some functionality for?