not funny anymore. Banks and regulatory are doing this in some countries. Their app just refuses to open if users install any app outside of Google Play Stores.
Take a look at this mothership.sg/…/ocbc-security-feature-delete-thir…
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Cethin@lemmy.zip 10 months agoIt’s funny imagining people saying this for anything but a phone. “You can only download from the Microsoft store or you should consider your device corrupted.” Take caution, but you don’t need to rely on daddy Google alone.
JaddedFauceet@lemmy.world 10 months ago
AdmiralShat@programming.dev 10 months ago
I don’t think this person was saying they think all manual apk installs are suspect, just that installing apks from an unreliable source.
driveway@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
Most apps choose to distribute through Play Store only though. If the devs aren’t officially distributing on a separate platform or provide signing keys for you to verify the signature of the APK you get from elsewhere, you’re just asking for malware by downloading it anywhere else.
Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 10 months ago
Damn, here I was worried I had bricked my phone and made it unusable by loading up my own personal apks when I was trying to learn coding and different app studios.
I feel like I would have noticed if my phone was unusable though…