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>>kotaKa+(OP)
This is the worst thing to happen to technology in recent times since there is only two major phone OS's.

It isn't possible to ban encryption, so the governments have to chip away at security and privacy using these techniques.

From: https://developer.android.com/developer-verification

"You may also need to upload official government ID."

This won't end well for Google or the governments involved when the people get so angry that they are forced to roll this back. Switch to an alternative phone OS.

>>Ms-J+Mt
What's wrong with loading an alternate OS that isn't Play Protect certified?

>>maxeri+lC
Most vendors, including the big ones, don't play well with that. Google just revoked open sourcing the Pixel as the reference design which was the strongest option for that. Things like newer Samsungs are black boxes and everyone is actively making it harder to do anything with devices you bought and paid for.