Re:WiFi4EU initiative provides free Wi-Fi in public spaces a...
by cachedthing0 on Sunday October 06, 2024 @10:20AM
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From the site:
"Privacy-friendly with no tracking:
Your privacy is important. The WiFi4EU app ensures a private online experience with no tracking or data collection."
This app can only be installed via the GOOGLE/APPLE app stores, so this is a lie.
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Re:WiFi4EU initiative provides free Wi-Fi in public spaces a...
by dietr1ch on Sunday October 06, 2024 @10:31AM
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Is it not on fDroid? Does it prevent sideloading?
Re:WiFi4EU initiative provides free Wi-Fi in public spaces a...
by jeroenhd on Sunday October 06, 2024 @12:54PM
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Not all free apps are on F-Droid, because a) very few companies/projects want to/can be trusted to provide and maintain an up-to-date F-Droid repository of their own, and installing repositories is less-than user friendly to say the least and b) the standard repository only contains open-source applications _that have had their build system modified to match F-Droid's_ and have been vetted by the project.
With F-Droid requiring either of those options by design, I don't think we'll see many government-run projects get F-Droid repositories.
That said, I doubt anyone will have a problem grabbing the .apk from somewhere internet and installing it that way.
I'm annoyed that they made this project app-based. I'd like to be able to use my computer on one of these networks...