• FYI: Developers are forced to submit personal identity details to Google

    From Marion@mariond@facts.com to comp.mobile.android on Tue Oct 28 23:45:15 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.mobile.android


    First I tried installing this but it failed on my privacy hardened system:
    <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobile.eaudiologia>

    So then I installed this which opened with the first indication of the
    issue we spoke about earlier that Google is doing what Apple does.
    <https://f-droid.org/packages/org.woheller69.audiometry/>
    <https://f-droid.org/repo/org.woheller69.audiometry_220.apk>
    Name: org.woheller69.audiometry_220.apk
    Size: 1367374 bytes (1335 KiB)
    SHA256: 10EC0DB1F1201A521E0791C09E93CE8B89BBC084971F1895E7EA631159491DC0

    "Google has announced that, starting in 2026/2027, all apps on certified
    Android devices will require the developer to submit personal identity
    details directly to Google. Since the developers of this app do not
    agree to this requirement, this app will no longer work on certified
    Android devices after that time."
    <https://developer.android.com/developer-verification>

    Interestingly, F-Droid apparently does not enforce Google's policies, so, I "think" (maybe?) it will still work for me since I don't rely on Google
    Play services. But I'm not sure what the implications are.

    Do you get the same message when you first run that F-Droid app on Android?
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