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Hi everyone,

Between Google Play Integrity API lockdowns, Apple App Attest, and upcoming eID/age-verification mandates, alternative and privacy-focused operating systems (like GrapheneOS, LineageOS, and Linux on mobile) are being systematically locked out of banking, public portals, and everyday apps.

Rather than watching vendor lock-in get worse, I am organizing a European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) working title: "My Device, My OS" to push binding EU legislation for Device Neutrality and Open Attestation.

What we aim to achieve:

  • Mandate Open Attestation Standards: Require services operating in the EU to support open, vendor-neutral hardware attestation rather than relying exclusively on proprietary gatekeeper APIs (Google/Apple).
  • Ban Device/OS Discrimination: Prevent public services, digital ID wallets, and essential commercial apps from arbitrarily blocking users solely for running independent or de-Googled operating systems.
  • Protect Hardware Sovereignty: Enshrine the legal right of consumers to install and run the operating system of their choice without losing access to the digital single market.

Join the Matrix room to discuss, collaborate on the draft, and coordinate next steps:
๐Ÿ‘‰ #my-device-my-os:pollorebozado.com

Feedback, technical insights, and EU organizers are all welcome!

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[-] best_redditor@leminal.space 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

sounds cool, i hope the fulu foundation and rossman could help as well

[-] trilobite@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago

Great initiative. How much visibilty is this going to get unless you scale outside the Federverse?

[-] best_redditor@leminal.space 1 points 6 days ago

low so most likey we need to dm fulu

this post was submitted on 19 Aug 2026
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