That said, at Google IO, I think in the security talk, they made a big deal to point out the evolution of "Unknown Sources" to the ability to approve it for just one app, enable to support third-party app stores.
On Tue, May 23, 2017, at 08:55 AM, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: > > I think the more practical, less paranoid read of this move is Google > trying to take control over more of the Android ecosystem. If they can > get app developers to let Google to the whole release process, that will > make it harder to also release the app on other app stores. > > .hc > > Elmor: > > This is not only happening on mobiles. Since about one year, your add-ons > > on Opera and Firefox are "verified". If developers do not let their add-on > > veriefy, they are suspended. > > > > What also poped into my eyes was point "3. Permanent Enrolement". If you > > have a well going app and the name is in all ears and mind, you will lose > > that name should you decide to get out of the GPAS. > > > > If Michael's and Nathan's fears - I do share them - are true, then apps can > > only be securely downloaded and installed from developers own website. > > > > Tricky move. > > > > elm- > > > > > > > > On May 19, 2017 3:12:04 PM GMT+01:00, Nathan of Guardian > > <nat...@guardianproject.info> wrote: > >> On Fri, May 19, 2017, at 07:29 AM, Michael Rogers wrote: > >>> Paranoid people might suspect that this simultaneous move by Apple > >> and > >>> Google is the result of political pressure to provide some means of > >>> adding/removing functionality, such as end-to-end encryption. > >> > >> You read my mind. > >> > >> +n > >> _______________________________________________ > >> List info: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/guardian-dev > >> To unsubscribe, email: guardian-dev-unsubscr...@lists.mayfirst.org > > > > -- > PGP fingerprint: EE66 20C7 136B 0D2C 456C 0A4D E9E2 8DEA 00AA 5556 > https://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0xE9E28DEA00AA5556 -- Nathan of Guardian nat...@guardianproject.info _______________________________________________ List info: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/guardian-dev To unsubscribe, email: guardian-dev-unsubscr...@lists.mayfirst.org
