Submitted 1 day ago by Pro@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/elevating-android-security.html?m=1
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36316138
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- Hackernews; - Lobsters.
Is there any explanation why this will be effective? Like, “if we find a malware app, we will do this and that to the author’s personal data, and it will help you in that way” etc.
What personal data? They will invalidate this dev’s cert and ban him from getting a new one.
Should that help people who were unfortunate to install that malware before the dev is banned? Also how exactly do they hope to identify the dev as already banned if he tries to register again?
Whatever the hell I do outside the playstore is none of Googles business and though this too is handwaved away by claiming improved security, we all know this has fuck all to do with security.
This is just again Google being a monopoly and wanting to stay that way by pushing out other developers
I guarantee you that newpipe devs will not be able to get verified, and now Google can block yet another app
Fuck. google. (Also apple and gicrosoft
If you want improved security, use GrapheneOS.
You know that not everyone can shell out 400 Euros on a phone, right?
They’re afraid of more ICE trackers
Remember, it’s important that technology and advancement only be used by capital, never by the underclass.
Yeah, imagine a world where plebs had control over and ownership of the devices they use… (shudders)
I’m sure the newpipe devs are going to coincidentally not be allowed to be verified… Oops no YouTube viewer… Ughhh…
Fixed that…remove YouTube!
As a backup I have installed YouTube as a PWA (added to home screen) from Fennec and installed uBlock, YouTube HD and Sponsorblock. It’s good I even get recommendations but not as straightforward as NewPipe
and how do you explain that to your family? you got off youtube, but they won’t be happy.
Good thing I use custom ROMs.
This isn’t about you.
Also this kind of liberal argument of, ‘The cops cannot catch me because I bought skates!’ is stupid and tiring.
It is precisely about me and a small group of technical users who care about freedom. The rest of the users, that’s strictly their own problem. If the gestapo outlaws skates and I can’t get them on the black market and the society is fine with concentration camps that’s also allright. I’m too old to care.
Their ‘verified’ app store already has tons of fake malware apps being distributed on it, maybe they should clean up their act first.
and what happens for trans ppl who live in areas that make it impossible to get a matching id google? fuck off with this "we're protecting you" bullshit
OK, this sounds problematic. I don’t see any obvious language for opting out and it doesn’t seem there’s intent to opt out. There’s probably going to be a dev option to allow it but that would probably still make installing from sources like F-Droid impractical.
If you want to opt out, use alternative ROMs.
there is already a dev option that users need to enable to use fdroid and such, and google wants to change that now. I doubt that they will just add a 2nd dev option, because that wouldn’t change anything.
It’s not a dev option at the moment. It’s a permission setting and it doesn’t require enabling developer options.
Let Google know what you think about this: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/…/viewform
Lovely, thank you for this. I've left my feedback, and I hope many, many other people do as well.
All he said was removed by mod? What are you thanking him for?
That is my hope as well.
I’m praying that there’s a toggle like for play protect
I don’t want an iOS clone
cryptix@discuss.tchncs.de 4 hours ago
Without play service this won’t get enforced right? Or will graphine os be affected? Its an monopoly power play anyways.
shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 3 hours ago
Now, any device without Google Play Services will be totally unaffected. Any device with Google Play Services will be fucked.