Google Play (Android App Store) does not work at all unless you enable Equifax

Re:Google Play (Android App Store) does not work at all unle... by pjbrunet on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @02:39AM (#5944518)

I'm no expert, but seems like a big deal for all Android phones to report to a major credit bureau that determines whether you can rent an apartment, buy a house, get a job, a promotion, etc.

Not only that

a) It's mandatory, not something you can turn off. Unless you want no apps on your phone.

b) There is no error message saying "Could not connect to Equifax." It just asks if you want to "Retry" starting the app.

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Re:Google Play (Android App Store) does not work at all unle... by d4n3 on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @06:06AM (#5945111)

Their server certificate is from Equifax Secure Certificate Authority, disabling it will make the https connection fail.

To my knowledge, verifying the server certificate from a local CA store does not send data to the CA itself, do you have any reason to think otherwise?

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