Link: https://eurotechguide.com/state-of-european-tech/your-phone-runs-google-or-apple-does-it-have-to/

It is worth noting that both the hardware and software of Fairphone is heavily dependent on a Chinese company T2Mobile.

For those looking to avoid both US and Chinese companies, then the Jolla phone is the way to go.

I saw an interview with Gäel Duval about /e/OS. It left a good impression of the software. It seems ready and supports banking apps. I’ll look into Jolla too. Thanks for the post.

I have /e/os and I'm mostly very happy with it. The only app that didn't work so far was my mail app but I could connect my account with their integrated app.

how does it work with banking apps? does it fake the play integrity verification somehow?

That’s very helpful, thank you. I have the impression that /e/OS is more suited to me. I love Linux and in theory prefer Jolla, but as I get older I need things to just work, including a few accessibility features.

I did a small amount of research and found that people were getting Swedish id and banking working out of the box a few years ago at least.

I know this doesn't answer your question on the play integrity API hacking but AFAIK they use a proprietary android layer based on LXC.

To me it feels dodgy and android changes could probably kill your banking capabilities on a whim so I'd be careful to use it as a daily driver.

that sounds fun! as I know, in my (least european) country if you start using the gov app for the gov portal authentication, you can't go back to the other method.

but do I understand it correctly that you say e/OS uses an LXC containerized google package of something?

No, I meant sailfish which is the os jolla runs on.

Unfortunatly its not very secure. Someone with a used Cellebrite can likely bypass the lock screen easily.

I don’t know anything about phone cracking. Just what I see in comment sections. My understanding was that it’s not as tough as Graphene or maybe iOS, but that Android in general is more vulnerable (rather than just /e/OS).