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Installing an app from F-Droid is drastically safer than installing an app from the Play Store though.
by ocdtrekkie 6y ago
Installing an app from F-Droid is drastically safer than installing an app from the Play Store though.
- ithkuil 6y agoCould it be because a niche is not such an interesting attack vector?
- ocdtrekkie 6y agoMaybe a little, but more importantly, all apps on F-Droid are open source, and verifibly built from said source. It's very hard to hide malicious activity on it, whereas duping the Play Store content moderators is like taking candy from a baby.
- distances 6y agoFor a small apps there's nothing checking against intentional malicious activity. Sure it'd be there in plain sight, but it's pretty unlikely really that anyone would read the source code of some random single person project.
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoGoogle doesn't know whether you're installing F-Droid or Totally-Free-Money.apk.