Google has news on what you will need to do for still being able to sideload apps:
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@grote the argument is nice:
"57% of surveyed adults experienced a scam in the past year, resulting in a global consumer loss of $442 billion"
But the real question then is: How much scam and loss is due to malicious side loaded apps?
Does it matter? This is *my* phone. I shouldn't be punished for other people's irresponsible behavior.
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Google has news on what you will need to do for still being able to sideload apps:
* enable developer options
* confirm that you are not tricked
* restart phone and re-authenticate
* wait one day
* confirm with biometrics that you know what you are doing
* decide if you only want unrestricted installs for 1 week or forever
* confirm that you accept the risks
* enjoy the few apps that still have developers motivated to develop for a user-base willing to put up with this@grote also: developers that have to be verified by Google anyway!
(The original post is just client side, but Devs also face extra hurdles!)
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funnily at the moment it isn't. There have been some leaks as in some instances they "forget" to wipe it after use.
Edit: But yea, they'd probably get it signed through governmental pressure in the end either way...
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Google has news on what you will need to do for still being able to sideload apps:
* enable developer options
* confirm that you are not tricked
* restart phone and re-authenticate
* wait one day
* confirm with biometrics that you know what you are doing
* decide if you only want unrestricted installs for 1 week or forever
* confirm that you accept the risks
* enjoy the few apps that still have developers motivated to develop for a user-base willing to put up with this@grote Eyep. This is why I'm not going to be carrying an Android anymore.
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@grote what the fuck. none of this is at all acceptable
let people install whatever apps they want, without any fearmongering
it's supposed to be their device
@lumi@snug.moe @grote@chaos.social Also, what if someone is guiding them, like say... a family member that is more familiar with technology?
It's deliberately misleading.
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Google has news on what you will need to do for still being able to sideload apps:
* enable developer options
* confirm that you are not tricked
* restart phone and re-authenticate
* wait one day
* confirm with biometrics that you know what you are doing
* decide if you only want unrestricted installs for 1 week or forever
* confirm that you accept the risks
* enjoy the few apps that still have developers motivated to develop for a user-base willing to put up with this@grote confirm with biometrics or your device pin
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@lumi@snug.moe @grote@chaos.social Also, what if someone is guiding them, like say... a family member that is more familiar with technology?
It's deliberately misleading.
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Google has news on what you will need to do for still being able to sideload apps:
* enable developer options
* confirm that you are not tricked
* restart phone and re-authenticate
* wait one day
* confirm with biometrics that you know what you are doing
* decide if you only want unrestricted installs for 1 week or forever
* confirm that you accept the risks
* enjoy the few apps that still have developers motivated to develop for a user-base willing to put up with this@grote how good that more than year ago i installed ubuntu on my phone. lol.
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@grote I suppose you forgot, that you have to do this only during full moon?
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Google has news on what you will need to do for still being able to sideload apps:
* enable developer options
* confirm that you are not tricked
* restart phone and re-authenticate
* wait one day
* confirm with biometrics that you know what you are doing
* decide if you only want unrestricted installs for 1 week or forever
* confirm that you accept the risks
* enjoy the few apps that still have developers motivated to develop for a user-base willing to put up with this@grote
It should just be a toggle in developer options. Anyone who might "accidentally sideload their phone to death" isn't going to know where to look. -
@lumi@snug.moe @grote@chaos.social Also, what if someone is guiding them, like say... a family member that is more familiar with technology?
It's deliberately misleading.
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@grote confirm with biometrics...?
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@nazokiyoubinbou @grote However scary the whole new Google process is for the non-expert user, installing a new OS on your daily driver phone is a hundred times scarier.
@FifiSch @nazokiyoubinbou @grote graphene might have a chance with their partnership with motorola, run from start, and people won't even know about thim simply no google by default in it.
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Per the screenshot, biometrics are not necessary. The device PIN will also suffice.
For what it's worth.
IMHO...for now. The PIN will suffice...for now.
I sincerely believe this is just one step G😈😈gle is taking towards a more "our way or the highway" goal.
Remember, boiling frogs.
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If we DO go through all this bullshit to sideload or get F-droid installed... so now our phone is in developer mode. Are there going to be any authorized Google store apps that detect developer mode and go "nuh-uh"? And if that's the case, and I disable developer mode (presumeably borking our F-droid/sideload apps?), will I have to wait 24 hrs to RE-enable dev mode?
@tezoatlipoca @grote at that point i'm already surpsised they did not make sideloading a paid feature ...
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You will own nothing....
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@grote one year later we've updated our policies
* wait extra day
* enable accelerometer
* wank the phone for 10 minutes
* wait another day -
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Yes, the linux kernel allows AI
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