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by INTPenis 762 days ago
Yeah we have extensive use of eID here in Sweden and they all require device integrity. https://wiki.lineageos.org/quirks/snet/

It's kinda funny that device integrity is so important to them, implying evil maid attacks, but the most common attack on eID is simply stealing someone's code or convincing them to use their eID over the phone.

Of course, with the evil maid attack enabled stealing someone's phone would become much more common, rather like stealing someone's credit card.

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As a counter to this I'll bring up that the Swedish Bank-ID works on all of my devices, all of which are Google-free and have root access, most of which run LineageOS. The Bank-ID client throws up a warning that it "needs Google services to work" after which it continues to work fine without it. I do tend to use older devices - waste not, want not - so things may have changed somewhere past Android 11.
I have a hard time believing this. I'll have to look into it, because I do have a spare pixel 6 device I'd like to install Lineage on, but I also want to use it as backup for my BankID.
I use Bank-ID on a 2014 Samsung Galaxy IIIneo running LineageOS as well as on a Galaxy Tab 3, also running LineageOS. I also use it on a Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 running a lobotomised stock distribution. None of these devices have Google services installed, all have root access using Magisk. These devices range from Android 7 (the tablet) to 11 (the Galaxy SIIIneo), i have no data on more recent Android versions.
Pixel 6 supports grapheneOS which is massively superior in all ways, at least in my opinion as someone who has used both lineageOS and grapheneOS for many years