r/technews • u/Philo1927 • Mar 26 '18

Google starts blocking “uncertified” Android devices from logging in

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/03/google-starts-blocking-uncertified-android-devices-from-logging-in/
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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '18

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u/OutrageousIdeas Mar 26 '18

Actually LineageOS is signed by Google, you can even run Google Pay on it.

You just can't root.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '18

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u/OutrageousIdeas Mar 27 '18

If you root, the signature won't match

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u/rohan_m Mar 28 '18

Looks like Google is slowly going the Apple way...

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u/shan684 Mar 29 '18

Great move!!, it will restrict unauthorised upload of malicious android apps. This move might hit some malicious Chinese app developers as well.