• heavydust@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Instead of forcing developers to make more reliable applications, Google will leak this status (privacy invasive IMHO) and developers will use it to block features.

    Am I wrong somewhere?

    • haverholm@kbin.earth
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      2 months ago

      No, that sounds accurate. Basically “Advanced protection” puts security in Google’s hands, and therefore is irrelevant to people worried about Google being the security risk…

      Advanced protection

      blocks side loading

      disables installing apps from outside the Google Play Store

      — so to me, running a degoogled Android device it is not just useless but actively harmful to the security of future apps that may become overreliant on this monopolist framework.