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minus-squaremcv@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up79·17 hours agoDo they have any evidence that F-droid serves more malware than Play Store?
minus-squarepulsewidth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up59·15 hours agoI was curious of the same a few days back, and my research couldn’t find a single instance of malware being distributed by the F-Droid store.
minus-squareMyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·4 hours agoBut even if it does, what’s it to them if something they have no say over affects people not using their stuff?
minus-squarepulsewidth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 hours agoOh yeah, it’s bullshit that reduces user agency and choice either way, I just don’t believe for one second that it will improve security as Google is claiming. Its just about control and google consolidating power.
minus-squarenotarobot@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up15·13 hours agoAccording to them, when they added a similar registration process and requirements for the playstore they saw a SIGNIFICANT drop on malware.
minus-squareMwa@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-215 hours agoSince they force everything to be open source and i think has strict rules, no
minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·14 hours ago Write an open source malware Freely publish it everywhere because everyone assumes someone checked it, because it’s open source, you know? ??? Profit
minus-squarepinball_wizard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up19·14 hours agoI mean, there are many excellent open source malware. The ??? Is mostly phishing campaigns, I think.
Do they have any evidence that F-droid serves more malware than Play Store?
I was curious of the same a few days back, and my research couldn’t find a single instance of malware being distributed by the F-Droid store.
But even if it does, what’s it to them if something they have no say over affects people not using their stuff?
Oh yeah, it’s bullshit that reduces user agency and choice either way, I just don’t believe for one second that it will improve security as Google is claiming. Its just about control and google consolidating power.
According to them, when they added a similar registration process and requirements for the playstore they saw a SIGNIFICANT drop on malware.
Since they force everything to be open source and i think has strict rules, no
I mean, there are many excellent open source malware.
The ??? Is mostly phishing campaigns, I think.