I trust apps from f-droid more than any app on Play Storw
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When they say security, they mean their own financial security.
I'm almost certain that rooting is going to come back with a vengeance and we'll be doing ever so slightly more complicated workarounds. Fuck Google. I refuse to watch a YouTube ad or sponsor unless I directly consent to supporting that individual creator.
I'll take that bet.
I am going to bet they come for Rooting next. Unlockable Bootloaders.
In fact they already have started
https://github.com/zenfyrdev/bootloader-unlock-wall-of-shame
for "security"
security of our bottom line!
Security from the evil villains who want to block ads. Jesus would have wanted everyone to watch ads as god intended, and these degenerates need to be taken down.
AMEN!🙏🙏🙏
This crucification is sponsored by Nord VPN
Did you incorporate whitespace into your username? How fascinating.
I forgot about that, since Voyager doesn't display avatars. That's a transparent profile picture. I had problems deleting my old avatar, because avatar deletions didn't federate, back when I tried it. So I just uploaded a transparent png. Maybe I should upload a new avatar to avoid confusion.
No need on my behalf, but it's good to have an explanation. Thanks!
edit: s/got/good/
the securities of shareholders
Giant corporations, like billionaires, pivot to trying to control the rest of us when they get too big. Google/Alphabet is not exempt. I remember when their motto was "Don't be evil." Now they want to control what I can install on the personal devices I bought...
When a company changes their motto away from "don't be evil" you know damn well they are evil.
They still have that motto:
Don't be evil ^to the shareholders^
Do they have any evidence that F-droid serves more malware than Play Store?
I was curious of the same a few days back, and my research couldn't find a single instance of malware being distributed by the F-Droid store.
But even if it does, what's it to them if something they have no say over affects people not using their stuff?
Oh yeah, it's bullshit that reduces user agency and choice either way, I just don't believe for one second that it will improve security as Google is claiming. Its just about control and google consolidating power.
Like Bluetooth requiring location permissions?
That's actually good since bluetooth alone can be used to estimate your location. If the app can see all other bluetooth names, thet can be correlated to other user's data where the oosition is known.
And if you hit "pair new device", you phone will likely blast it's name out to all other bluetooth devices, givingyup it's position to any other nosy device/app.
Same goes for wifi.
~~Ad block~~ malware being distributed by the F-Droid store
According to them, when they added a similar registration process and requirements for the playstore they saw a SIGNIFICANT drop on malware.
I don't find that shocking, and to be honest, I don't really see too much of a problem with forcing people to give that information to be on the play store. But to let people make programs that run on the hardware at all is crazy. Forbidding third party app stores is the most anti competitive bullshit ever.
That's because the playstore caters to everyone, including the children and the dumbest people on the planet.
you get 6 play points for it even
What am I looking at
Essentially saying we'll just 'install' piracy, as FitGirl is a major player in the piracy scene (as far as games go, no clue if they do other things).
Unless I'm wrong and Fitgirl now has repacks for major android/iOS apps that can be utilized through an existing app interface.
And also it's very probably a malicious app that does in fact not give you any pirated games.
Probably adware at best. Wouldn't doubt it also just sends you to non-play apk downloads of malware
The thumbnail says "unofficial" and malicious apps tend to try and trick you into thinking it's official. So I'm not sure it's malicious.
So them saying it's unofficial makes you think it is more safe, since surely if it said official it'd be malicious?
Sounds like putting unofficial there might just make even more people trust it then, good for a malicious app.
We're on like, what, three levels of reverse psychology now?
Not knowing that I assumed that Fitgirl was just some crappy gooner app that Google automatically promotes.
Yeah fitgirl would never release official android app or any platform for that matter.
This was supposed to be taken down, but I guess its a proof how you can passively promote piracy on to the play store. This app shows a list of games that have been cracked & repacked
Fitgirl is a release group for warez.
As others have said, Fitgirl is a major player in the games piracy scene. She doesn't crack the games, but she does repack cracked games (compresses them in clever ways). It's quite common for people to impersonate her or her site to try to fool people into downloading malware. This seems to be another one of those.
She warns against this quite frequently. From her faq, for example:
"Q: Do you have a Facebook page? A: I didn’t, don’t and won’t have a Facebook page. The same applies to Twitter, Instagram, whatever else. This site is the only official FitGirl Repacks source. If you happen to come here from “Facebook FitGirl Page” – you’ve been fooled by an imposter. "
(Note: this comment is not an endorsement of games piracy, and this community is not the appropriate venue for discussions of that nature. Anyone interested should go to relevant communities like the ones hosted on the db0 Lemmy instance )
This is hilarious. Did not know fit girl was on the play store.
Did not know they were considered insecure either.
Maybe she isn't and it's malware.
What is it and does it have anything to do with Audrey Tautou?
It's the symbol of that release group. The reason for that is unknown to me.
she's fit? (UK slang for attractive)
But my gosh doesn’t she know it.
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that's why duckduck gang 4 life