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> You didn't ask my main question which was: What do you mean by "safely" here? I thought I made it clear at least on the last phrase. ”Safely” simply means th
by nicce 4y ago
> You didn't ask my main question which was: What do you mean by "safely" here?
I thought I made it clear at least on the last phrase. ”Safely” simply means that software is what it is supposed to be.
My arguments are no hypothetical. Android used to be like that in early days, if you followed infosec in that time. It was common to downlod .apks from third parties and phones were full of malwares.
Android does not have same mechanisms like PC. It does not make signature checks for trusted sources or have Windows Defender build-in. Two primary reasons why it is safer to download arbitrary files in these days. MacOS has similar checks.