[dmwilcox]

I feel like this was my last week. Welcome to the UK as an American tech worker. You use a custom Android ROM, too bad, you can't setup your visa. Want to book something on Ryan Air too bad, "computer says no" (really I should never do this again for many reasons).

The level of expectation that your phone is a set of handcuffs that you do not own is high. If you own your device and not vice versa, things just don't work in this world. And honestly why would I want a computer that I didn't control anyway?

[rsync]

I sympathize but a much, much simpler way to negotiate all of this is a dedicated phone for "official" ID activities.

In some ways it is the opposite of a "burner" phone - sort of a quarantined device that only interacts with your real, official, legal identity.

[notpushkin]

Oh yeah, that really sucks. I’ve had a bunch of apps deem my non-rooted, bootloader relocked phone too insecure for them to operate. Nothing critical for me, fortunately (though I do miss Google Pay).