Lee Duna to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 11 months agoAndroid adware apps on Google Play amass two million installswww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down10cross-posted to: android@lemdro.id
arrow-up158arrow-down1external-linkAndroid adware apps on Google Play amass two million installswww.bleepingcomputer.comLee Duna to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square14fedilinkcross-posted to: android@lemdro.id
minus-square@Nath@aussie.zonelinkfedilink13•11 months agoI feel like the overlap of people smart enough to install F-droid and dumb enough to install a dodgy adware app has to be pretty small.
minus-square@asexualchangeling@lemmy.mllinkfedilink13•11 months agoSame, I don’t even touch google play anymore, to high a risk of downloading spyware or a virus
minus-square@hunt4peas@lemmy.mllinkfedilink5•11 months agoWhich third-party client is good for F-Droid? Or the first-party app is good?
minus-square@MalReynolds@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglish8•edit-211 months agoYup, has F-Droid even got auto update yet? That’s what sold me on Neo…
minus-square@Unsustainablelink2•11 months agoYes! It just started working when I updated it a few days ago.
minus-square@WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink7•11 months agoDroidify is where it is at!
minus-square@perishthethought@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoIs it just me, or is extending your trust even further from F-Droid maybe not a great idea?
minus-square@hunt4peas@lemmy.mllinkfedilink1•11 months agoSome said the unofficial F-Droid apps are better than the official F-Droid itself.
minus-square@perishthethought@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoDefine “better” though. More secure? Safer for me and my data in the long run? Ok, cool!
I feel safer with F-droid.
I feel like the overlap of people smart enough to install F-droid and dumb enough to install a dodgy adware app has to be pretty small.
Don’t underestimate the dumbness of people.
Same, I don’t even touch google play anymore, to high a risk of downloading spyware or a virus
Which third-party client is good for F-Droid? Or the first-party app is good?
I’ve been really liking Neo Store.
Yup, has F-Droid even got auto update yet? That’s what sold me on Neo…
I’m pretty sure it does
Yes! It just started working when I updated it a few days ago.
Droidify is where it is at!
Is it just me, or is extending your trust even further from F-Droid maybe not a great idea?
Some said the unofficial F-Droid apps are better than the official F-Droid itself.
Define “better” though. More secure? Safer for me and my data in the long run? Ok, cool!
security theater