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It is different, because the access is tied to your contract/job.

But even if it were legal, this only shows the core problem:

That data should not be available to anyone at all.

A secure OS is a prerequisite for secure digital services. We can agree on that, right?

The task, therefore, is to convince enough politicians to establish an independent unit that can address this issue without direct political influence.

Fund the unit with enough money so that it can take care of the cybersecurity and sovereignty of all citizens.

A side effect of this would hopefully be that these politicians would then be digitally literate enough to recognize nonsense such as chat control as such and reject it outright. I hope that most politicians would not really want such omnipotent surveillance tools if they could truly grasp their scope.

Germany requires ID for all SIMs (for "normal" people). You can buy activated SIMs in every bigger city if you know what to look for though.

In my opinion, the only solution while keeping Google and Apple as the developing entities is regulation.

Despite that, there are some things that should not be for profit in my opinion. A good OS platform is one such thing.

While it is technically feasible, it is not a good idea to try and find a technical solution to a people/organisation problem.

Do not accept the premise of assholes.

I hope we can get the EU to fund a truly open Android Fork. Maybe under some organisation similar to NL Labs.

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Furthermore, the need for a trustworthy binary to be auditable to a certain hash or something would make banning this a simple task if Google would want to go that route.

Yes, that captures my intent :) Sadly, I cannot edit the post anymore.