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This article has a couple of issues. It suggests downloading apks from apkmirror in your browser. While apkmirror is not the worst thing you can do, its securit
by bubblethink 8y ago
This article has a couple of issues. It suggests downloading apks from apkmirror in your browser. While apkmirror is not the worst thing you can do, its security record isn't exactly stellar. Until about a year ago or so, their downloads weren't even https by default. Leaving that aside for a moment, this method has no meaningful signature verification built in. Unless you are going to verify signatures manually, which you most likely aren't, you are just trusting apkmirror. Further, you are adding chrome as a source of apk installers, which opens the door for more questionable apks coming to your phone. If you want apps from the play store, use yalp store.
- j88439h84 8y agoIs yalp better?
- bubblethink 8y agoYes. Yalp is free software, and yalp is getting them directly from the play store. Yalp is doing the bookkeeping for you. You also don't need to have chrome as an allowed source for installations.