On a related note, we're getting really close to getting F-Droid Privileged Extension integrated into Fairphone OS Open:
https://forum.fairphone.com/t/should-fairphone-open-come-pre-installed-with-f-droid/23230 .hc Hans-Christoph Steiner: > > Looks like a nice security improvement with minimal impact on usability. > The headline scared me, I fear that with Android and ChromeOS merging, > that Android could go the way of ChromeOS, which only allows apps to be > installed via Google channels (e.g. it does not have any Unknown Sources > preference). > > .hc > > Dominik Schuermann: >> Great feature indeed, now people hopefully no longer complain that they >> need to turn on "unknown sources" system-wide. >> >> Still, I guess even when F-Droid gets this special permission, it will >> still need to show the PackageInstaller UI for updating apps. >> >> Cheers >> Dominik >> >> On 03/22/2017 03:28 AM, Nathan of Guardian wrote: >>> Just saw this new feature in Android O: >>> http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/03/21/android-o-feature-spotlight-model-installing-apps-unknown-sources-changed/ >>> " each app now must be granted the install source permission for APK >>> installation" >>> >>> What this means is the a user will be prompted grant a specific app, in >>> our case F-Droid, permission to install APKs, as opposed to the enabling >>> "unknown sources" forever. >>> >>> This a huge exciting opportunity for legitimizing decentralized app >>> hosting, without compromising a user's security. So cool. >>> >>> Now if only it didn't take years for the latest Android release to get >>> traction... :( >>> >>> +n >>> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> List info: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/guardian-dev >> To unsubscribe, email: [email protected] >> > -- PGP fingerprint: EE66 20C7 136B 0D2C 456C 0A4D E9E2 8DEA 00AA 5556 https://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0xE9E28DEA00AA5556 _______________________________________________ List info: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/guardian-dev To unsubscribe, email: [email protected]
