Torsten GroteMar 19

Google has news on what you will need to do for still being able to sideload apps:

* enable developer options
* confirm that you are not tricked
* restart phone and re-authenticate
* wait one day
* confirm with biometrics that you know what you are doing
* decide if you only want unrestricted installs for 1 week or forever
* confirm that you accept the risks
* enjoy the few apps that still have developers motivated to develop for a user-base willing to put up with this

https://goo.gle/advance-flow

Show threadOndrej Moravek
@grote It feels reasonable to me. I haven't realized the scale of the scamming problem they are dealing with. Perhaps we, as power users, underestimate this problem but I bet Google has some good amount of data on that.
Mar 19 at 7:33pmWeb
Show threadJens 🇪🇺Mar 19

@woosh @grote

Yeah, the only problem i have with this approach: when I get a new phone I have to wait 24h until I can install my apps.

Show threadLightMar 20
@woosh
Maybe.
@grote
Show threadLightMar 20
@woosh
But also see my suggestion here: https://noc.social/@light/116262598967630751
@grote
Light (@[email protected])

@[email protected] If they really want to "balance safety with openness" they should allow susceptible-to-being-scammed people to appoint their techy family members or friends (or others they trust) to whitelist apps for them instead of forcing them to leave it all up to Screwgle. @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]

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Show threadFluffy Kitty CatMar 25
@woosh @grote what's this got to do with scams?