Post #2350044
2026-03-21 00:38 UTC
@chetwisniewski@securitycafe.ca
You've never had to deal with an upset great-grandfather who is confused about why his bank account has been drained, just to find out a helpful bloke rang up to configure his Samsung phone to get "free messaging" the week before, have you?
You flip the switch when you first set up your phone, and it never bothers you again. Big deal.
Google closing off side-loading completely is a much bigger issue.
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@futureisfoss@fosstodon.org 2026-03-21 09:21
@PeterLG@theblower.au @chetwisniewski@securitycafe.ca And this will be their first step towards closing off "side-loading" entirely, do not give them the benefit of the doubt. They want to steal our right to install the software of our choosing on the device that we bought and paid for, but before they can do that they introduced this "advanced-flow" to prevent the normalization and prevalence of 3rd party app distributers like @fdroidorg@floss.social There is malware on Google play store, it was never about safety.