Firefox for Android's Play Integrity check hits custom ROMs - OMG! Ubuntu
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Mozilla has added support for Google's Play Integrity API, known for blocking users of custom ROMs from accessing banking apps, to Firefox for Android.

It’s an unintended side effect that the majority of custom ROM users will appreciate.

Firefox being the first and only browser on Android enforcing Google play integrity verification wasn’t on my bingo card

  • Gladaed@feddit.org
    32·
    4 days ago

    I don’t know. This just makes sense. AI can be a major contributor to cost so making sure you generate revenue from the user just seems like the smart move.

    • Wispy2891@lemmy.worldOP
      7·
      4 days ago

      If someone really wants to use their servers to do ai shit, they could spoof being a Linux or Windows client instead of the android one. There’s no difference at all.

      I’m assuming Linux, windows and MacOS builds verify the signature to make sure the executable isn’t tampered. The same can be done on Android without needing to use draconian verification apis

      • Gladaed@feddit.org
        4·
        4 days ago

        An ankle high barrier is enough to reduce traffic to a point where it is no longer an issue.

        There are loads of phones and non technical users.

        • Wispy2891@lemmy.worldOP
          5·
          4 days ago

          there are literally zero persons in the world that:

          1. somehow, they really need to use the mozilla ai services api for reasons (??? classify a website for tab grouping?), but don’t want to pay
          2. they are skilled enough to recompile/patch/crack the android executable and change it to do their purpose
          3. somehow, they don’t have the skills to do the same in the linux/windows/macos executable
          4. are willing to waste days in reverse engineering efforts and perpetually play a cat&mouse game to save $1/month in inference costs