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Re:Google backs off on previously announced Allo privacy fea... by hydragit on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @10:55AM (#12548703)
Yes, moxie "knows it all" wants to control his apps so much he doesn't want them to be on f-droid https://f-droid.org/posts/security-notice-textsecure/
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Re:Google backs off on previously announced Allo privacy fea... by nxzero on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @12:00PM (#12549405)
Do you feel f-droid's build security should be trusted, an if so, why?

>> ""F-Droid has received criticism for distributing out-of-date versions of official applications and for its approach to application signing."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-Droid

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Re:Google backs off on previously announced Allo privacy fea... by CaptSpify on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @02:35PM (#12550971)
> F-Droid has received criticism for distributing out-of-date versions of official applications

Thats not a bug, it's a feature

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