Re:Telegram has launched a pretty intense campaign to malign...
by TrueDuality on Monday May 13, 2024 @08:32AM
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Google Play, for all its failings, IS the safest way to get an APK right now.
F-Droid for as much as I love the open platform, does not provide any security guarantees about what you're downloading. It is a volunteer run project and does not have the extensive security policies and practices that Google has. From https://f-droid.org/en/about/
> Although every effort is made to ensure that everything in the repository is safe to install, you use it AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Likewise downloading and side-loading it from their website, requires you to disable some security guarantees by doing things like enabling developer mode.
F-Droid for as much as I love the open platform, does not provide any security guarantees about what you're downloading. It is a volunteer run project and does not have the extensive security policies and practices that Google has. From https://f-droid.org/en/about/
> Although every effort is made to ensure that everything in the repository is safe to install, you use it AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Likewise downloading and side-loading it from their website, requires you to disable some security guarantees by doing things like enabling developer mode.