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1. jeffpa+D5[view] [source] 2025-09-16 01:32:45
>>wicket+(OP)
My Android phone prevents me from taking screenshots if an app author doesn't want me to.

My Android phone prevents me from recording phone calls at the request of my carrier, even though it's totally legal for me to do so in my jurisdiction.

I'm not loving where this is all going.

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2. szszrk+5E[view] [source] 2025-09-16 07:28:31
>>jeffpa+D5
I tried to debug a google pay issue with a Bank once:

- Bank told me to go to Google.

- Google support told me to go to the Bank.

- (... few emails later...)

- Google support told me to make screenshots of the banking app and google pay.

So have a second phone ready, or stop complaining :) A few years later and 3 phones later... it works again!

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3. preiss+LJ[view] [source] 2025-09-16 08:14:49
>>szszrk+5E
Google Pay requires SafetyNet verification, which means it only works with a Google-approved hard & software combination, so not with GrapheneOS for example...

I hate that banks use this proprietary "standard" for NFC payments

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