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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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[-] Wobble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 16 hours ago

How about no hardware attestation at all?

[-] ugo@feddit.it 7 points 13 hours ago

I would second this. Unfortunately the EU legislators would not. For now, open non-discriminatory attestation is the best we can realistically hope for. With work and effort, we can get to a place where non corrupt politicians get enough power to dislodge the corpo authoritarian interests enough that we get actually sensible laws.

And even that is a very far cry from what I actually want.

[-] hneerqe@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

Welp they now have to protect us from all the cybercriminals in possession of citizen data after they failed to secure their systems.

[-] Shamot@jlai.lu 26 points 20 hours ago

Thank you for the initiative. I look forward to see the concrete actions.

[-] 87Six@lemmy.zip 6 points 16 hours ago

Maybe Louis Rossmann can help in some way

[-] lilbchii@lemmy.ml 4 points 15 hours ago
[-] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 10 points 19 hours ago

Good luck, hope it passes

[-] cenariodantesco@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago
[-] usernameunnecessary@lemmy.zip 10 points 20 hours ago
[-] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 3 points 16 hours ago
[-] modem_down@thebrainbin.org 3 points 17 hours ago

Where will you post updates?

[-] hatingfedizen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 20 hours ago

Thank you for your work, let's keep our freedom and rights!

[-] best_redditor@leminal.space 3 points 20 hours ago

can fulu join in as well i think they can help

this post was submitted on 19 Aug 2026
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