This is Android's new 'advanced flow' for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period
2026-03-19 21:04 UTC
Replies (32)
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@Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 2026-03-19 21:14
A one day wait period to install an app on your mobile pocket computer. Fucken bullshit. Edit: to all the “its one time” defenders, its one time for now. Stop falling for it. It always starts with an inch.
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@alekwithak@lemmy.world 2026-03-19 21:29
Headline is a little misleading. There is a one day waiting period when you enable installing third party applications. After that you can install them indefinitely. It’s to stop active scams. I agree it’s BS, but it’s a lot less BS than I was expecting and what the headline/comments are making it out to be.
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@Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2026-03-20 12:55
Stop fucking calling it sideloading. It is called installing an app
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@1995ToyotaCorolla@lemmy.world 2026-03-20 02:40
I teach digital literacy and 99% of unsavory software I encounter on people's phones come from the play store or app store I will believe that they're serious about protecting users when I see them do something about the crap ton of borderline scam solitaire and weather apps infesting their stores
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@markz@suppo.fi 2026-03-19 21:16
So, the idea is to make the process as annoying as possible.
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@IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 2026-03-19 21:41
"This is Android's new 'advanced flow' for INSTALLING apps without verification". Sideloading is such a bullshit term made only to confuse consumers. They can wrap that in sparkling wrapper, but it's still security theater at best and definetly misleading. Apps from F-Droid or any other app 'store' are not any less safe than the ones at googles own offering.
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@imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-03-20 10:54
To those who think it is a fair compromise: It is not. Android already had one layer of this shit before. When installid freshly dowloaded apk, android would prompt you to confirm that the source of the apk is trusted. This was not like this before. Before you'd just install apk. And I agree to a certain amount. But thing is, it was added for no specific reason. People who install apks form outside source, will keep doing it and they 99% of the time know what they are doing or being told to do so by someone who knows what they are doing. Adding another layer to this wont solve the problem, except make users annoyed for 24h wait time. And this is only adding 1 layer now. Who the fuck knows what is going to be 1 year later. 5 years later?
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@sours@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-03-20 17:00
It's so weird that they don't take comments on the android developer blog post... Almost like they think it'll be hugely unpopular.
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@wewbull@feddit.uk 2026-03-20 17:06
So it's on the same scale as buying a gun in the states. I didn't realise it was so dangerous.
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@icedaemon0@lemmy.world 2026-03-20 05:34
Meanwhile the scam apps and viruses in the damn play store: ...
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@saltesc@lemmy.world 2026-03-19 21:48
Do usual dev mode shit... > 1. You then have to confirm that you aren’t being coached/guided/instructed by a bad actor to turn off the security measures. > > 2. This is followed by a device restart and re-authentication that “cuts off any remote access or active phone calls a scammer might be using to watch what you’re doing.” > > 3. A required “Security wait” takes one day to “confirm that this is really you who’s making this change with our biometric authentication (fingerprint or face unlock) or device PIN.” This is a one-time wait. > > 4. Afterwards, you can install apps from unverified developers indefinitely, while there’s also a 7-day “Turn on temporarily” option. I don't think the wait is necessary. If someone were to continue being scammed after a reboot, they'd continue to be scamme tomorrow. An additional education piece after the reboot would be more effective.
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@ikidd@lemmy.world 2026-03-20 13:50
Google is the epitome of living long enough to become the villain.
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@osanna@lemmy.vg 2026-03-20 07:55
Remember when you used to own shit? Wow. This is beyond fucked. Right now, it’s “one day”. But this is only because they got a shit load of backlash for disallowing ALL installing software without their permission. They WILL enact it. They’ll just wait until people are used to this. Then they will disallow it all.
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@rainbowbunny@slrpnk.net 2026-03-20 07:52
"Sideloading" Aka avoiding the monopoly app store with your own device
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@njordomir@lemmy.world 2026-03-20 14:07
How about a 24 hour waiting period for me to harden my OS before Google slurps up all my data.
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@ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 2026-03-20 08:16
it's very clear we *have* to escape Android and Google entirely, there is no other option. Please donate to [PostmarketOS](https://postmarketos.org/) if you have the means, it gives us a true alternative that is completely community owned, it just needs our support to become polished and to add support for more phones. [We have to support software that's still made for *us*.](https://youtu.be/lm51xZHZI6g?t=418) While we still can.
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@glitchdx@lemmy.world 2026-03-20 15:30
google doing their best to make me move to a different platform for my next phone. anybody know of other options?
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@BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 2026-03-19 22:10
They already showed their hand. Doesn't matter if they've backed down. My new phone is going to use GrapheneOS and if this shit trickles down (Graphene is still based on Android) I'm going full Linux phone.
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@kalapala@sopuli.xyz 2026-03-19 23:55
Is there EU petition against this already?
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@RoddyStiggs@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-03-19 22:59
Completely unacceptable. Do away with this horseshit entirely or I'm out.
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@LightYagami@lemmus.org 2026-03-20 14:24
This is not a solution at all. They want to make sick of users who have to wait a whole day ust to install a fucking app. Fuck them.
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@nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 2026-03-19 22:38
Even if it's only a thing that needs to be done once: Either the one-day delay has to go, or Google. There's nothing redeeming about their plans.
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@maplesaga@lemmy.world 2026-03-21 15:39
Motorola has Graphene OS soon.
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@vortexal@sopuli.xyz 2026-03-20 21:32
While I understand that Google probably hasn't provided the answers yet, I have two questions about this. First, will I need to setup a pin for my devices? I don't normally use any form of a lock screen on my devices and I'd prefer to continue not having them but I know from personal experience that some android devices don't allow you to remove the lock screens after you set them up. Second, during the 24 hour waiting period, is the device still usable? I know this might sound like a stupid question but Google's vague wording has me wondering.
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@BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 2026-03-20 13:34
So now what's is my motivation to move back to android from iPhone if they are gonna do the same bullshit as apple, hopefully some manufacturers switch to more open android versions like lineage or something
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@TheThag@lemmy.world 2026-03-19 22:15
So it needs developer mode huh, plenty of apps dont work with that on, truly awful even if i can turn it back off after.
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@BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 2026-03-20 12:41
I already migrated to Graphene. Knowing my luck if I wouldn't then Google would go through with this shit.
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@Bieren@lemmy.today 2026-03-20 11:45
How will this impact android based streaming devices?
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@rikviergever@lemmy.world 2026-03-21 18:21
Come join us at /e/OS, we don't have this https://e.foundation/
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@cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-03-21 14:18
How does this affect my Galaxy S10 from 2019 which hasn't seen an update in years? I suspect it doesn't. Not trying to be a smartass — I know I should change it out for something like an A25 that is still supported and probably a little faster, but I have this and it still works.
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@signup@sh.itjust.works 2026-03-20 14:59
can i turn off dev options after and still sideload or no?
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@xep@discuss.online 2026-03-19 23:59
Google wishes it had Apple's walled garden so badly