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Reviewer touts "security focused" OS, promptly disables "trusted sources" check for installed software. Turn it back on, sure, until the next time you want an
by wffurr 9y ago
Reviewer touts "security focused" OS, promptly disables "trusted sources" check for installed software.
Turn it back on, sure, until the next time you want an APK that's not listed in F-Droid. Seems like a bad idea. How about writing to your favorite app developers and asking them to list on F-Droid instead of sideloading?
- Mo3 9y agoNot only this, he won't receive security updates for his apps any more. Thank you, I'm staying with default Android and continuing to read what I am prompted for. He could've just opted out of most data collection, no, he had to skip it without even reading it like a 60 year old office worker at a insurance company.
- craftyguy 9y agoSome of us using Copperhead OS never enable unknown sources. Yes, the author is a doofus for the reasons you specified, but sticking with "default Android" (whatever that is.. you mean AOSP?) is arguably worse than running Copperhead OS.
- ocdtrekkie 9y agoFWIW, the "trusted sources" checkbox has been more of a way to scare away people from using Google's competitors (like the Amazon Appstore or F-Droid) than actually indicating any true trustworthiness, given that tons of malware comes from the Play Store, and Google Play Protect ranks dead last on AVTEST.org benchmarks for malware detection. I believe Google finally introduced a way to deem other app stores as trusted on your phone, but given this is just a block on the manual installation feature, I would consider the trusted sources checkbox to be more "anticompetition focused" than "security focused".