I agree with the sentiment, but wouldn’t necessarily recommend F-Droid, see privsec.dev/posts/…/f-droid-security-issues/
AnonomousWolf@piefed.social 2 days ago
Thankfully the full feature will still work if you get the app from F-Droid
Hopefully this will motivate more people use F-Droid
ctrl_alt_esc@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
“Oh no, an issue that will only affect an extremely narrow spread of people who aren’t already aware of it is present, therefore F-Droid bad”
If you’re that concerned about being surveilled, you already have bigger issues.
ctrl_alt_esc@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
What? You clearly have no idea what you’re talking about. I recommend informing yourself before spewing nonsense.
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
kronarbob@lemmy.world 2 days ago
The signature and the random updates issues can be solved (partially) by using the izzyondroid repo. A lot of the applications on fdroid are on it. It compiles from sources, doesn’t change signatures, and fetch updates on a daily basis.
It doesn’t solve all the issues, but it can help
ctrl_alt_esc@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Indeed, as mentioned in the article.
tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
I noticed that in their info text shown to their users, they don’t mention F-Droid. I wonder if google doesn’t allow them to mention other stores as part of their “security” policies.
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ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
Upvote the comments in the Google play reviews that mention full features in fdroids version so they climb to the top of most helpful reviews.