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Google will require developer verification for Android apps outside the Play Store (techcrunch.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by mas@jlai.lu to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Starting next year, Google will begin to verify the identities of developers distributing their apps on Android devices, not just those who distribute via the Play Store.

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[-] trewq@piefed.social 37 points 2 weeks ago

setting up walled garden using security excuse. What's the next excuse?

[-] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

We all know the reason.

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 10 points 2 weeks ago

It's always the same nonsense. "Safety", "security", "privacy", etc.

[-] trewq@piefed.social 5 points 2 weeks ago

They won't ever say for ma profits

[-] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago

Won’t somebody please think of the children!

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