OK, but Google will happily confirm android device running Oreo is safe.
replyWhile it's dramatically worse than devices Google refuses to certify (ie these not running their spyware as privileged services).
What do you mean "shifting to smartphone"? It's not a natural process - it's a technical decision to shift them to the smartphone, and a really bad one. We already have smart cards, they work and do not depend on any corporations, even less foreign corporations.
replyWe even have smartcards with e-ink displays and I'd personally want them to succeed here instead of moving security-critical apps to smartphones..
replyBecause Google then abuses its position to inject unremovable spyware with elevated privileges into the phone which the user then can't defent against without making the phone "unsecure" and thus unsuitable for these apps.
If these apps really need a smartphone, I'd at least want it to be free of ad-related garbage in the system. I'm fine with not being able to flash a custom ROM on the smartcard as it doesn't contain hostile software.
Now if even Apple starts showing ads, there's no other choice but to restist this..