@chetwisniewski@securitycafe.ca
Post #711685
2026-03-20 22:24 UTC
Replies (17)
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@PeterLG@theblower.au 2026-03-20 23:25
@chetwisniewski@securitycafe.ca It's a *one-time* delay when you seek to turn off the protection that stops the user from side-loading apps. To be honest, given how many security-blind people use Android now, I can live with this. Time was when Android users were all "power users", like Linux users used to be. Those days are long gone. A bigger issue is Google closing Android off from side-loading apps at all.
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@paco@infosec.exchange 2026-03-20 23:26
@chetwisniewski@securitycafe.ca Coming soon you will need two independent doctors to both agree that side loading is right for you.
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@roknrol@beige.party 2026-03-20 23:38
@chetwisniewski@securitycafe.ca As the founding fathers intended.
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@varx@defcon.social 2026-03-20 23:46
@chetwisniewski@securitycafe.ca Big brain 'Murica move -- make a gun that requires a side loaded android app to fire. Now google is infringing on my 2A rights.
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@the5thColumnist@mstdn.ca 2026-03-20 23:54
@chetwisniewski@securitycafe.ca Open Source Software Kills π£π₯π’πππ§π¦
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@freedomtux@linuxrocks.online 2026-03-20 23:57
@chetwisniewski@securitycafe.ca limiting either is unconstitutional! But open source is going to have a hard time fighting it
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@macronaut@mas.to 2026-03-21 00:03
@chetwisniewski@securitycafe.ca like the saying goes βthe pen is mightier than the swordβ except in this case freedom to put whichever software on your device is mightier than the gun!
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@dalias@hachyderm.io 2026-03-21 00:18
@chetwisniewski@securitycafe.ca Thankfully it's only to do the initial unlocking of this misfeature, not every time you want to install something. But we've pushed back this much. We should push for more. Like canceling this bs entirely.
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@LukefromDC@kolektiva.social 2026-03-21 00:38
@chetwisniewski@securitycafe.ca Thankfully, we know from the experience of the "assault weapon" ban that a ban on phones with locked bootloaders will just put an end to operable older phones with unlockable bootloaders being thrown out. Like high capacity gun magazines 1994-2004, they will be kept running as long as possible and trade over ebay, craigslist, and if necessary the darknet. Especially valuble will be phones old enough to have removable batteries that can be changed without having to get the screen off.
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@TeflonTrout@beige.party 2026-03-21 07:29
@shwell@mastodon.au @chetwisniewski@securitycafe.ca Oh yes apple is famously cool with sideloading oh wait that was a thoughtless suggestion
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@TeflonTrout@beige.party 2026-03-22 14:09
@shwell@mastodon.au @chetwisniewski@securitycafe.ca Yes, I agree Mint is fabulous, but It won't run on a cell phone as the base OS, though it'll run happily in a VM Gotta read the toots, kind rando
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@paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange 2026-03-21 01:00
@chetwisniewski@securitycafe.ca apps don't kill people. people pissed off about apps kill people...
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@zl2tod@mastodon.online 2026-03-21 01:04
@chetwisniewski@securitycafe.ca Surely this is wider than just America.
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@n_dimension@infosec.exchange 2026-03-21 03:09
@chetwisniewski@securitycafe.ca You can pry my glass prayer tablet from my cold dead hands!
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@megatronicthronbanks@mastodon.social 2026-03-21 09:02
@chetwisniewski@securitycafe.ca Satire ... right?
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@htpcnz@mastodon.social 2026-03-21 09:11
@chetwisniewski@securitycafe.ca Sundarslop wants to out slop Satyaslop...
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@mcfly@milliways.social 2026-03-21 18:01
@chetwisniewski@securitycafe.ca and all of that to keep the operating system safe and the device trustworthy. For banks and companies, not for you. You are the threat actor.