@neil pointed me to this: https://developer.android.com/developer-verification

This will make alternative app stores like #fdroid mostly useless on #android devices with a stock rom, since most apps won't install at all, unless also available through the play store.

Being the dev of the #floss #apps #TinyWeatherForecastGermany and #imagepipe, it is unlikely that the apps will be available for devices running a stock rom in the future, since I likely won't share my private keys with G****e nor will I give them a copy of my ID.

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To make it clear: obeying to the rules imposed by G****e for developer ids opens the doors for countless misuse scenarios and threats, including the handover of the developer's data (including their private app signing keys and a copy of their ID) to US authorities.

As they will have your private keys and your ID, they can make any change to your app, breaking any thrust model.

This is not acceptable.

See https://developer.android.com/developer-verification .

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@Billie @neil PRECISELY THAT!

  • And even if one's comfortable about this as a white heterocisbinary #TechBro from the #USA, just imagine of some of Trump's friends (like the KSA) would demand a #backdoor to target any comms to organizations they dislike and thus lable as *"tereorists" (i.e. @trans_rescue) to systematically prevent trans* people from fleeing and commit #TransGenocide).

That's just a hypothetical, but given the facist tyrant ignoring laws and due process being armed with #CloudAct, it further entrenches the reason why I say "#ID|ing #developers IS the #Illicitactivity!" because it'll only NOPE good devs (i.e. @linear and myself) but will not stop North Korean Hackers that can obtain forged identities and pay IRL #MeatProxies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd9pmPrpFtM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cW3SocBtMI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?=76DbGrphE7g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?=Hb21NLjN1vg

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