---
title: "Why Brave is opposing Google’s Android developer registry"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-brave-is-opposing-google-s-android-developer-registry-t9ccrdijy
source_url: https://brave.com/blog/keep-android-open/
type: article
source: "Brave"
published: 2026-03-06T17:02:56.659Z
updated: 2026-03-06T17:03:30.056Z
tags: ["open-source", "google", "android", "privacy"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 22
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# Why Brave is opposing Google’s Android developer registry

**[Brave](https://daily.dev/sources/brave)** · 3 min read · 22 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

Brave has joined the EFF, Tor Project, and 40+ organizations opposing Google's plan to require all Android developers to register with government-issued ID starting September 2026, even those distributing apps outside the Play Store. The policy would create a centralized identity database of every Android developer, posing serious privacy risks especially for those building privacy tools, VPNs, and software for journalists and activists. Brave frames this as part of a broader pattern of Google leveraging platform control to insert itself into activities where users and developers didn't invite its involvement, alongside past moves like Manifest V2 deprecation, AMP, and Privacy Sandbox.

## Full article

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**@daniel8000** · 1 upvotes

> This is sick.

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