Tell HN: PayPal blocks GrapheneOS

This is arguably the most irritating thing with just about every largecorp developer: "os that hasn't been updated in 6 years? Sure boss!". Os that is built specifically around security and privacy with daily updates: "No, you can't do that". Annoying - yes. Safe way to make sure I will stop being your customer - also YES!

I see this happen from time to time. Lately, almost all of the apps work fine on GrapheneOS. The best strategy is to keep writing the business once every two or so weeks that you can’t log in to and use the app. Don’t go too technical at first, because most of the time, the moment they hear things like “rooted” or “unofficial,” they just say your phone is the issue. To date, I was able to convince, or at least contribute to, making three apps work on GOS.

Still works for me. I had to update exploit protection after their latest update — I think it was enabling dynamic code loading via both memory and storage that did the trick. Edit: checked now, I have also disabled secure app spawning.

It works here. Running in a work profile, no contactless payments. Play Integrity API: Not blocked Hardened memory allocator: Enabled Memory tagging: Enabled Extended virtual address space: Enabled Secure app spawning: Enabled Native code debugging: Allowed WebView JIT: Disabled Dynamic code loading via memory: Allowed Dynamic code loading via storage: Allowed

Update: it seems to work when disabling "secure app spawning" (for now)