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Avoid downloading #android apps from F-Droid.

F-Droid is compromised and has censored apps for ideological reasons. They don't care about freedom or free speech. I'll write more on this topic later.

It's also not secure to get your apps from there, because all of them are signed by F-Droid – you’re adding a party you’ll have to trust, which isn’t ideal.

I only use F-Droid to find #FOSS apps that I would not have discovered otherwise. I recommend using Obtainium, which lets you install and update your apps directly from their source.

#privacy #cybersecurity #opsec

Low Information Voter 1y ago

Yeah, nah.

Obtainium's currently supported App sources:

Open Source - General:

GitHub

GitLab

Codeberg

F-Droid

Third Party F-Droid Repos

IzzyOnDroid

SourceForge

SourceHut

Other - General:

APKPure

Aptoide

Uptodown

APKMirror (Track-Only)

Huawei AppGallery

Jenkins Jobs

Open Source - App-Specific:

Mullvad

Signal

VLC

Other - App-Specific:

Telegram App

Neutron Code

"HTML" (Fallback): Any other URL that returns an HTML page with links to APK files

There's more sketchiness there than on F-Droid, and a lot less automated testing.

Not doubting the reality of censorship on F-Droid, but they have a domain name and an address they don't want smashed in by Feds at 6am on a Friday.

App stores are custodial, and so are nearly all repositories. Git over Nostr would be a better start...

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DanConwayDev 1y ago

Apk's pgp signed by the developers and verified by obtanium would be nice. I has thought about adding a 'releases' section to https://gitworkshop.dev where maintainers could link to binaries signed with nostr keys vis nip93