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hackadayGoogle Unveils New Process for Installing Unverified Android Apps
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/20/google-unveils-new-process-for-installing-unverified-android-apps/
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@organicmaps The issue was explained back then and several times after that. It feels disingenuous to repeat it like this is something new or against OM, when you know why and how to answer: Only old #FDroid installs from before TetheredNet are affected, new installs are not. The message (touch it!) guides the user to enable the AF.
As you know, in #FLOSS, you can always lend a helping hand, but that issue is no longer present in the WiP 2.0 alphas, where AFs are filtered through search.
SylviaRE: https://chaos.social/@grote/116257002625921666
For the purpose of preventing someone over the phone or remote control guiding someone to sideload malware just disallowing app/sideload installs during a phone call/screen share would be more than sufficient. But of course, now I am arguing in good faith, which Google is not.
It is literally faster to install a custom Android ROM at this point. Over 24 hours of waiting? I need to wait a full day to be allowed to install my own apps on my own phone?...
ZellijCheck out my upcoming feature: clicking file paths to open them as a floating pane in your default $EDITOR. Folders will be opened in filepicker. There's more!!
Read about it here >> https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/pull/4802
Stefano MarinelliOne of the reasons why, over time, I've learned not to condemn things outright is that life itself teaches you something important: sometimes you have to make the wrong choice for the right reasons.
Life is full of compromises. And the more you live, the more you learn (or should learn) to be at least a little tolerant of the choices others make, even when they seem to clash with your own convictions.
In the past few weeks I've had to make decisions I would never have imagined a few years ago. Choices very far from my own point of view. But sometimes reality pushes you into a corner, and the options are simple: give up, or make a "wrong" choice now and fix things later.
A recent example I can share: I advised a client to reinstall Windows 11. I wasn't happy about it, but at that moment there was no real alternative.
This morning he told me their software will soon move to a web-based platform. Which means the next step will be a new FreeBSD server and, at that point, the clients can move to Linux or a BSD system.
Fight your battles. Stand for what you believe in. But try to remain clear-headed.
Life teaches that you often go farther by moving slowly but steadily toward your destination, stopping every now and then to look around.
Florian KriechbaumerI just posted a new blog from amazing Hanoi & beyond - northern Vietnam has so much to offer, I really had to cut down and still ended up with 100 photos haha!
Check it here: https://theflore.com/blog-posts/2026/02/16/vietnam-hanoi-catba-mountains
Neil BrownPeople should be able to write software for Android, and distribute it outside Google's Play store, without having to:
* pay Google
* give government ID to Google
* agree to Google terms and conditions
People should be able to install the software they want on their phone, from sources other than Google's Play store, without having to jump through Google-imposed hoops.
e.g. via F-Droid.
We've got until September this year to stop Google squeezing the open Android ecosystem.
Izzy@fdroidorg @marcprux And while the banner correctly states F-Droid being under threat: it's not just F-Droid, it's the free Android world being under threat. In its entirety. So the same applies to IzzyOnDroid – but also to Obtainium & Co. And if you think you could still use Aurora to access the PlayStore, think again: how would you install Aurora in the first place?
This is the empire striking. The alleged "security" is just a way to circumvent the requirement to open for alternative stores.
The #FDroid website has a new banner on top to remind visitors that #Google did not change course and #Android will be locked-down in under 200 days.
If you care about the freedom to control your devices and care about the privacy of you data, please contact your representative and make your voice heard.
https://keepandroidopen.org/ (thanks @marcprux) has the resources to guide you.
We know users will rarely visit the site so the Client(s) will get a banner soon too.
Thank you for your support!