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I made an account because I'm qualified to talk about this topic :-) I've spent a considerable time testing every corner case of UX, and DX of an app attested s
by AppAttestationz 6mo ago
I made an account because I'm qualified to talk about this topic :-) I've spent a considerable time testing every corner case of UX, and DX of an app attested service.
App attestation can fail on simulators, Graphene OS, dev builds, I've seen it all. There is one check you can do to see if an app was side loaded, so indirectly, can require Google account.
Title is still misleading though, as it explicitly mentions accounts.
- whatsupdog 6mo agoCome September, there will be no side loaded apps on Android.
- gnabgib 6mo agoYou're behind on your news! Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps (1196 points, 16 days ago, 1262 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47442690 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47442690
- dugite-code 6mo agoFunctionaly it's dubious if this will not cause further issues. Developer tools cause some security checks to fail. It's not yet known if the unknown apps setting will do the same
- whatsupdog 6mo agoStop shilling Google. It's not the same thing. It will stop 99% users from jumping through all the hoops, exactly what Google wants.