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Petition: Stop Google from limiting APK file usage
Lock would occur September 2026.
Seems some odd way of sideloading would exist, but not demonstrated as an actual feature yet... And would require a 24h wait before installing the app...!🤬
Please sign. I did.
This was posted yesterday.
"Android is built on choice. That is why we’ve developed the advanced flow – an approach that allows power users to maintain the ability to sideload apps from unverified developers."
Google: Android developer verification: Balancing openness and choice with safety https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/android-developer-verification.html
More:
The Hacker News: Google Adds 24-Hour Wait for Unverified App Sideloading to Reduce Malware and Scams https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/google-adds-24-hour-wait-for-unverified.html @thehackernews #Google #Android #infosec #malware
This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is live:
* Basic 2.0-alpha5 with faster UI feedback (no need for Developer mode)
* #keyboard in the news
* #aTalk brings #OMEMO 2 to #XMPP on #Android
* #Briar keeps Tor secure (no tricks)
* #CastLab w/ #FCast and more (no need to restart)
* #K9Mail #Thunderbird w/ avatars (after 7 days too)
* #LabCoat #Gitlab login
* #SessionMessenger help funding
+ 15 new apps
& 212 updates
You can read now: https://f-droid.org/2026/03/19/twif.html
One should not have to wait 24h for #FLOSS apps!
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/android-developer-verification.html
#android
If I understand the new "sideloading" process for #Android correctly, I have mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, I'm supremely annoyed at the hoops I'm going to have to jump through, especially the long cool-down period where it makes you wait a day. It's my device, it should do what I say.
On the other hand, scams involving getting instructed on loading malicious apps do exist. I can imagine other coercive scenarios where people are under duress (border crossings?)
⚡ Google adding a 24-hour delay for installing #Android apps from unverified developers.
Users must enable developer mode, reboot, and confirm again after a day. This is meant to stop #malware and scams that trick users into disabling Play Protect or giving access.
🔗 Details here → https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/google-adds-24-hour-wait-for-unverified.html
Näin Androidin ns. sideloading eli muualta kuin Play-kaupasta hankittujen sovellusten asennus vaikeutuu jatkossa
Asentamiseen tulee vuorokauden viive, ennenkuin sovellusta pääsee oikeasti käyttämään.
https://www.puhelinvertailu.com/uutiset/2026/03/20/android-side-loading-muuttuu
#sideload #android #uutiset #tietoturva #teknologia #tekniikka
wtf. we really don't own our devices anymore: Google just released what you will have to go trough to install apps from developers not wanted by them: This is Censorship. This is closing android, this is ripping the last bit of control we had from our hands.
And all this talk of "sideloading" no, i'm just installing normal apps, you make it so that has to be all hacky and seem risky.
#keepandroidopen #FLOSS #freesoftware #solarpunk #android #google #phone #sideloading
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Update: Google has revealed the “advanced flow” — it is not a solution
On March 19, 2026, Google published details ↗ of the “advanced flow” mechanism intended for “power users” to allow installation of applications from unverified developers after the lockdown takes effect. It goes like this:
Enable Developer Mode ↗ by tapping the software build number in About Phone seven times
In Settings > System, open Developer Options and scroll down to “Allow Unverified Packages.”
Flip the toggle and answer a scare screen confirming that you are not being coerced
Enter our device unlock pin/password
Restart your device
Wait 24 hours
Return to the unverified packages menu at the end of the security delay
Scroll past additional scare screen warnings and select either “Allow temporarily” (seven days) or “Allow indefinitely.”
On the next scare screen, confirm that you understand the risks.
You can now install unverified packages on the device by tapping the “Install anyway” option in the package manager.
This entire flow is delivered through Google Play Services, not the Android OS, meaning Google can modify, restrict, or remove it at any time without an OS update and without any user consent. The advanced flow has still not appeared in any Android beta, dev preview, or canary release. As of the date of this update, it exists only as a blog post and UI mockups. The community is being asked to accept a product announcement as a functional safeguard five months before the mandate
Googles neuer Ablauf für Android-Sideloading erfordert Neustart und Wartezeit
Der neue Prozess für die App-Installation ohne Play Store soll vor allem Scam-Versuche erschweren. Die Hürden werden höher, für Power-User gibt es Ausnahmen.
#Android #Betriebssystem #Kriminalität #Developer #Google #GooglePlayStore #Mobiles #Scamtracker #Security #Smartphone #news
Perseus Android malware monitors notes apps for passwords/PINs. Users store secrets in notes—malware authors noticed. Your notes app is not a password manager. 📱🔓
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/new-perseus-android-banking-malware.html
Microsoft SwiftKey: Microsoft account mandatory for backups from end of May
Microsoft's widely used SwiftKey keyboard for Android and iOS will soon require a Microsoft account for backups.
#Android #Apps #Datenschutz #Google #iOS #Microsoft #Mobiles #news
Google führt ab August eine Entwickler-Verifikation für Android ein – Sideloading soll aber weiterhin möglich bleiben, allerdings nur über einen mehrstufigen »Advanced Flow«: Entwicklermodus aktivieren, bestätigen, dass niemand einen gerade unter Druck setzt, Telefon neustarten und dann einen Tag warten.
Einen Tag warten. Für eine APK. 🙄
Das Framing ist bemerkenswert: Der Nutzer soll vor Scammern geschützt werden – und zahlt dafür mit einer künstlichen Bürokratiehürde, die das Sideloading so mühsam macht, damit die meisten es lassen werden.
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/android-developer-verification.html
#Android #Google #Sideloading #OpenSource #Datenschutz
/kuk
I've started running my own Luanti/Voxelibre server on a Raspberry Pi. I can join the server from my laptop, but after walking around, alas, there are no other players. I'm considering making it publicly accessible, so more players can join.
**Dear @ActuallyAutistic people in North America, would you be interested in joining a casual game of #Minecraft** (but it's #Luanti/#Voxelibre; is very similar, and it's free/#OpenSource, and runs even on low-spec hardware)? Note: the server is in Canada, it's in #NorthAmerica where you'll get low-enough latency.
The server would be themed to be geared to those with an actual diagnosis of #Autism (or you're confident you have it, but it's not formally diagnosed). #AuDHD and #ADHD people are also welcome!!
I promise I won't track you in any way! No ads, no spam, no viruses, no nothing like that.
#gaming #Android #Linux #Windows #MacOS #FreeBSD #ElbowsUp
| Yes, please: | 0 |
| No, thanks: | 0 |
Few questions:
1) Once I am done with the process, can I disable developer options? Why? Because my bank app doesn't allow Developer Options enabled.
2) Does that mean there won't be any auto-update mechanism for unverified apps?
3) Do i need a google account to go through this process?
Every step reminds me here that I don't own my phone. 🫠
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A simultaneous push for live-service engagement and premium franchise expansion reveals a calculated portfolio approach.
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Google Says Developer Verification Makes Android Safer. Critics Say It Just Makes Android More Closed
https://itsfoss.com/news/android-developer-verification/
“Under the new rules, F-Droid has no workable path forward. Compelling volunteer contributors to register their identities with Google runs against what the platform stands for.
“But claiming those app identifiers on developers’ behalf is equally impossible, since that would give F-Droid a kind of exclusive ownership over apps it has no right to own.
“F-Droid has been clear that if Google goes through this, it effectively ends the project as it currently exists.”
Android va devenir une plateforme fermée
https://keepandroidopen.org/fr/
Vous avez acheté votre appareil #Android en croyant à la promesse de Google : 1 plateforme ouverte sur laquelle vous pouviez exécuter les logiciels de votre choix. Or, à partir de septbre 2026, #Google déploiera sans votre consentement 1 mise à jour de votre système d’exploitation qui bloquera définitivement ce droit et vous laissera à la merci de son jugement quant aux logiciels auxquels vous êtes autorisé à faire confiance
Quelques alternatives à Google :
https://grapheneos.org/
https://lineageos.org/
https://e.foundation/e-os/
https://murena.com/fr/
https://sailfishos.org/
KDE supports the "Keep Android Open" campaign
#Google will cut off independent developers to #Android if they do not register with Google first. This will kill independent platforms like @fdroidorg and severely impede FLOSS devs from creating apps for Android.
Many KDE apps are deployed for Android: KDE Connect, Itinerary, Tokodon, and there's even a test version of Krita for Android.
KDE calls on Google to reverse course and @keepandroidopen.
https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/
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The logo of the "Keep Android Open" campaign is an Android robot dressed as Darth Vader. Across the top it says "I AM ALTERING THE DEAL" in all caps, and below the robot it says "Pray I don't alter it further".
This is a reference to how Android acquired a massive catalog of apps be making access open to the platform back in the day, and Google assuring it would remain open, as opposed to the iOS platform which was (and still is) very restricted.
And, of course, Star Wars.
Android Developer Verification: Das Ende für Android Sideloads?
https://linuxnews.de/android-developer-verification-das-ende-fuer-android-sideloads/ #android #aosp #linux #linuxnews
Not sure where #Google asked for feedback about their developer verification program, but they surely didn't talk with #FLOSS devs, civil society, privacy organisations or their #Android users
#FDroid did since September, and interacted with folks in the Fediverse, forum, email and in person
They all voiced one opinion: "developer verification must be stopped"
@marcprux has written an open letter, signed by likeminded organisations who want to #keepandroidopen
Click: https://f-droid.org/2026/02/24/open-letter-opposing-developer-verification.html
@fdroidorg @keepandroidopen @digiges @Konsumentenschutz
WEKO: "Vielen Dank für Ihre Nachricht zu den von Google geplanten Änderungen im Zusammenhang mit dem Google Play Store auf dem Betriebssystem Android.
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Da wir in dieser Angelegenheit sehr viele Meldungen erhalten..."
The #FDroid website has a new banner on top to remind visitors that #Google did not change course and #Android will be locked-down in under 200 days.
If you care about the freedom to control your devices and care about the privacy of you data, please contact your representative and make your voice heard.
https://keepandroidopen.org/ (thanks @marcprux) has the resources to guide you.
We know users will rarely visit the site so the Client(s) will get a banner soon too.
Thank you for your support!
Весь мой вчерашний и позавчерашний день, в борьбе с Unbound , DNS-over-TLS , #letsencrypt, AppArmor и, естественно , Linux.
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#unbound опять не запускается
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#AppArmor мешает #unbound читать сертификаты #letsencrypt