Google’s recent decision to omit Pixel device trees and compress the Pixel kernel source history has made our work in this area even more important. Going forward, Fairphone devices can be used as potential “reference devices” for open-source ROMs.
Nice. Going to have to get a fairphone, now.
I bet Fairphone is the GrapheneOS partner
https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/114733211017800480
Pretty sure it isn’t
can’t wait for the FP7 so i can buy a fairphone. Unless they still.use a USB 2.0 USB port. In which case I will use my current phone until its dead in the water.
Nice. Wish them continued luck
Does anyone know if Fairphone supports tap-to-pay options? I tried GrapheneOS and although most of it was fine, the inability to use Google wallet for tap to pay was a deal-breaker.
My local credit Union doesn’t have an app that supports NFC, and since I’m based in the US, my options are relatively limited.
Oh, and I don’t want to buy a smartwatch just so I can put Google wallet on that instead.
buy a smartwatch just so I can put Google wallet on that instead.
I think this wouldn’t help you anyway, because without Google wallet on the phone you can’t set it up on the watch.
Yeah tap to pay using Google pay definitely works on the Fairphone 6
Just use the card your bank gives you?
For real. Trading convenience for security is how we got here though so I really shouldn’t be surprised.
Cards on smartphones are more secure than the real cards. You need a pin on your phone to pay, with a card you can pay up to 50€ without any approval.
Also, should a transaction be intercepted, the pirate would only acquire a Digital Account Number (DAN), which can be invalidated to disable the virtual card on the phone. You can still use the physical card and you can add another virtual card on the same, or on a different device.
If a payment made with your physical card is intercepted, the pirate gets the Primary Account Number (PAN) instead. It means that you must disable the real card as well as any virtual card relying on it, and requires you to await a replacement from your bank, and switch all your payments to this new card.
Just because a higher level of security exists doesn’t completely invalidate the lower levels.
That, and the physical card your phone uses for funding tap-to-pay is still vulnerable to that same attack, and not everywhere supports tap, and tap only works if you have a functioning device. Not carrying a backup form of payment is asinine.
“trading convenience for security” was what my comment responded to. Using your phone to pay is not compromising security in any way, quite the contrary actually, and I explained why.
In France, everybody (barring most gas stations, even if I have seen some with tap-to-pay nowadays) can take tap-to-pay, even the remote mountain refuges I have been hiking to. You can even pay tolls and parking with it now.
And somebody even more old-school than you would think you’re a fool not taking cash or checks with you as a backup for your card. I’ve been paying with my phone for years without any problem, I just take my card when I need to refuel my car or traveling, and most of the time I have to check my card pin code anyway on my phone because I never use it.
And if my phone is off for some reason, well I have my watch.
Tried any Garmin watch options? Those have decent policy and work fine on my GOS
I wish there was a fingerprint unlocking option in Garmin tap-to-pay instead of the 4-digit code that everybody can see clearly
The os fairphone use it very clear to stock android.
I can use radio to pay on mine
Fairphone has variant with classic Android, which I have, so paying over NFC with Google wallet worked. I tried it, but do not use anymore by choice. Have you looked for alternatives? I heard about some, but since I do not use it, haven’t searched for them.
I’m excited to see what people do with the Moments button, because at the moment I barely use it. It’d be great to find an imaginative use for it
I am missing the point of the Moments button (as designed by them) to be honest.
I’m using it for the phone torch. I’d love to try integrating it with home assistant to control my room lights.
