Re:Google's Abandoned Android Authenticator App
by Operyl on Friday February 28, 2020 @12:44PM
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In a round about way you sort of can now. The “allow installation from unknown sources” is per app-source now. You need to enable it for Google Chrome if you downloaded the package from Chrome, or for F-Droid if you downloaded it from F-Droid. So, the solution you’re looking for could be just a small shim app to download from your own repository of sorts. Janky .. but it’s a bit more possible than before I guess. As an added bonus you could do some signature validations too!
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Re:Google's Abandoned Android Authenticator App
by boring_twenties on Friday February 28, 2020 @01:12PM
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If you use F-Droid, you could also just set up your own local repository for your custom apps.
Re:Google's Abandoned Android Authenticator App
by Operyl on Friday February 28, 2020 @01:20PM
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Yup! I was just running under the assumption the parent comment wanted no other apps period, with a smaller surface to attack.
Re:Google's Abandoned Android Authenticator App
by Wowfunhappy on Friday February 28, 2020 @03:15PM
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I'm an iOS user, but I suspect I'll end up switching back to Android for my next phone in 4/5 years.
Is there a way around this where you can say "no, just let me install from anywhere" or is it forced unless you root the device?
Re:Google's Abandoned Android Authenticator App
by Operyl on Friday February 28, 2020 @03:18PM
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The reality is it only takes 2-3 seconds to allow it, it’s a direct link to the relevant setting. Once you allow it for that app (say, Chrome or Google Drive) you don’t have to do it again unless, of course, you disable it.