Pro@programming.dev to Technology@programming.devEnglish · edit-25 months agoGoogle plans to begin verifying the identity of all developers who distribute apps on Android, even if it's outside the Play Store, starting September 2026android-developers.googleblog.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.zipandroid@lemmy.worldandroid@lemdro.idtech@programming.devtechnology@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 months agoTo my knowledge, they prohibit third parties from building distributions and connecting to the centralized server, because fuck open-source, I guess.
minus-squareBalldowern@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-25 months agoNo that’s due to a hat community doing exactly that & archiving secret chats. Check out Micah Lee’s presentation in Defcon regarding Telemessage-Signal.
To my knowledge, they prohibit third parties from building distributions and connecting to the centralized server, because fuck open-source, I guess.
No that’s due to a hat community doing exactly that & archiving secret chats. Check out Micah Lee’s presentation in Defcon regarding Telemessage-Signal.