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		Rebelgecko on Nov 8, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NSW Digital Driver Licence What do you need an account for? Does the APK not work if you sideload it?

afandian on Nov 8, 2019 | [–]

Completely guessing here. But these kinds of things often defer to Google Play services for part of their trust model.

dx034 on Nov 8, 2019 | [–]

In that case, the government should publish an official version of the APK for people to use.

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