News [OMG! Ubuntu] Firefox for Android adds Google Integrity checks

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Mozilla has added support for Google’s Play Integrity API, known for blocking custom ROMs and rooted device from accessing banking apps, to Firefox for Android. According to a resolved issue in Mozilla’s public tracker, a new lib-integrity-googleplay library has been added to Firefox’s Android codebase. It requests a Play Integrity token, which is then passed to Mozilla’s MLPA (Machine Learning Proxy) server. The token gates access to Firefox’s server-side AI tools, like Smart Window, for rate-limiting purposes. It means Mozilla can ensure that only unmodified, Play-installed copies of Firefox on Google-certified devices can use its compute resources. It will not mean Firefox […]

Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/mozilla-firefox-android-google-play-integrity

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