# GrapheneOS now bypasses some app verification to prevent discriminations against GOS users

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/grapheneos-now-bypasses-some-app-verification-to-prevent-discriminations-against-gos-users/27902
**Category:** General
**Tags:** website
**Created:** 2025-05-28T19:37:35Z
**Posts:** 4

## Post 1 by @anon80779245 — 2025-05-28T19:37:36Z

[Latest release](https://grapheneos.org/releases#2025052800)

> - disable anti-competitive code being injected by the Play Store into apps choosing to enable “App integrity \> Automatic protection” when there’s a valid Play Store source stamp signature (proving that it’s an unmodified app from the Play Store, so we aren’t disabling an integrity check) since it prevents using the apps on GrapheneOS when apps also choose to enable “App integrity \> Store listing visibility” with either the “Device integrity checks” or “Strong integrity checks” values enforcing having a device licensing Google Mobile Services and running the stock OS (circumventing this is protected by the DMCA exemption for jailbreaking)

Might be useful for some apps, for example in another thread here in PG I can’t find, someone was complaining Whatsapp is now blocking GOS users from registering a phone number.

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## Post 2 by @yes — 2025-05-28T19:46:09Z

> **[Google Play’s latest security change may break many Android apps for some...](https://www.androidauthority.com/google-play-integrity-hardware-attestation-3561592/)**
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> Google's Play Integrity API is making it harder for users with rooted phones or custom ROMs to access certain apps. Here's what's changing.

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## Post 3 by @anon80779245 — 2025-05-29T08:44:49Z

So does this make the GOS change soon to be obsolete?

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## Post 4 by @mangomango — 2025-05-29T12:08:03Z

No. GrapheneOS said om Twitter that this changes “nothing” for GrapheneOS users.