VLC - App stores were a mistake
VideoLAN @videolan App Stores were a mistake. Currently, we cannot update VLC on Windows Store, and we cannot update VLC on Android Play Store, without reducing security or dropping a lot of users… For now, iOS App Store still allows us to ship for iOS9, but until when?
From their Twitter:
If you wonder why we can’t update the VLC on Android version, it’s because Google refuses to let us update:
It’s not much, just dozens of millions of people use Android TV before Android-11…
Maybe we should tell users to buy new TVs? #electronicWaste
Google requiring their private signing key is insane, and goes completely against the concept of private/public keys.
Why is Google asking for this?
C-I-A Confidentiality, Integrity, Accessibility. They don’t need the keys for C or A. Only one option remains. To modify the code and pass it off as code VLC’s wrote or signed off on.
Likely to install malware and re-sign. Brazen identity theft.
Maybe I’m wrong, they could use VLC’s private keys to gobble encrypted communications too.
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