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It'll be a matter of installing the app "from unknown source" then?
by psychphysic 3y ago
It'll be a matter of installing the app "from unknown source" then?
- zirgs 3y agoCan't do that on iOS.
- tourmalinetaco 3y agoTechnically you can, but the hoop jumping isn’t ideal.
- scarface_74 3y agoIf only iOS devices had web browsers…
- lrvick 3y agoNo one using authoritarian computing platforms will fare well at resisting authoritarians.
- tourmalinetaco 3y agoWhich, unfortunately, is a rather risky situation considering for instance all the rogue ChatGPT-branded extensions and apps people downloaded without a second thought to their legitimacy. We have been conditioned to view branding as the certificate of legitimacy, and that simply is not true for the Internet where branding can be copied and pasted in seconds.
- psychphysic 3y agoI doubt they still do it but for whatever reason for a while WhatsApp loads to offer it's APK on its website. Bet it saw very few installs wonder if we'll go full circle.
- noduerme 3y agoThe risk can be reduced with open source code, verified by the community. Usually when the "branding" gets too authoritarian, people reach for the FOSS version that seems the most trusted.
- lrvick 3y agoOr get signed and trusted apps from a community run alternative "app store" like F-Droid, Arch, or Debian.