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Sideloading on android is quite simple. "download apk" -> "launch apk file" -> "alert gives you a shortcut to settings to allow installing apk from [source]" -
by Groxx 5y ago
Sideloading on android is quite simple. "download apk" -> "launch apk file" -> "alert gives you a shortcut to settings to allow installing apk from [source]" -> toggle the only switch on that screen -> "launch apk file" now installs it.
You press the only non-"give up" button at each stage and you're done.
Remember that Fortnite succeeded in convincing people to do this by the millions. It's not hard.
- hsbauauvhabzb 5y agoKids hooked on a game vs adults reading a scary message for an app are psychologically very different. Even if fortnite retained millions, how many users did they lose?
- Groxx 5y ago>Kids hooked on a game vs adults reading a scary message for an app are psychologically very different. Somewhat. And sometimes. And when the high-security-site for installing a high-security-tool is asking you to do a thing, it's quite a bit psychologically different than e.g. a reddit post saying "install this apk and approve all prompts: http://www.5z8.info/hack-outlook_w2f7vj_dogfights http://www.5z8.info/hack-outlook_w2f7vj_dogfights"
- wonderwonder 5y agoLots of times those kids are playing on the parents phone. Seems like a good attack vector.