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Because it wasn't obvious to me for a while: the Play store version is old, basically broken, and vulnerable [0]. Don't install it. The description does mention
by mastax 3y ago
Because it wasn't obvious to me for a while: the Play store version is old, basically broken, and vulnerable [0]. Don't install it. The description does mention this relatively high up, but do you really read through the description for something before installing and playing around with it, especially if you already know what it is?
I don't usually like having old versions of software removed from distribution, but maybe in this case it should be removed from the play store since it's basically useless and also vulnerable.
[0]: https://termux.dev/en/posts/general/2022/02/15/termux-apps-vulnerability-disclosures.html https://termux.dev/en/posts/general/2022/02/15/termux-apps-v...
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- cloudripper 3y agoThanks for posting this. I don't know how difficult it is to get an app removed from the Play Store - but hope it can be done soon. From README - "There are plans for unpublishing the Termux app and all its plugins on Play Store soon so that new users cannot install it and for disabling the Termux apps with updates so that existing users cannot continue using outdated versions. You are encouraged to move to F-Droid or GitHub builds as soon as possible." Vulnerability Disclosure was made on 2/15/2022 [0]. Above text was added to README.md in 9/8/2021 commit [1]. The issue was first acknowledged in README in 4/26/2021 commit [2]. [0]: https://github.com/termux/termux-app/issues/2595 https://github.com/termux/termux-app/issues/2595 [1]: https://github.com/termux/termux-app/commit/94e01d68d6c915740f6d2a1f7ea1bcdb6bf1f0d5 https://github.com/termux/termux-app/commit/94e01d68d6c91574... [2]: https://github.com/termux/termux-app/commit/93e1b132786d5cc7b314f2e42fa3430fb0a4103a https://github.com/termux/termux-app/commit/93e1b132786d5cc7...