This makes some fair points regarding signing practices. Although I’d point out F-Droid isn’t just the F-Droid repo, there are also others, like Izzy’s as well as dev’s own repos. Obtainium is a lot easier, in a way, but the repos are a good way to look for apps. I’m using Droidify and it’s good. The article seems to think Droidify rebranded to Neo Store but they are separate apps made by separate communities.
F-Droid is also undergoing a bit of drama at the moment with leadership on GitLab. I think it’s good to remind ourselves that open source (or free software) is not equivalent to security. Nevertheless, it’s still better than GPS (I know you can run GPS sandboxes on Graphene but I’m on Graphene and I’d rather stay away from it, even though this article seems to go light on Google). Paired with Obtainium, it’s s a good setup for discovery + frequent updates.
Interesting. I have been using Fdroid for a long time. I just installed Accrescent, and it’s pretty bare-bones. Hopefully it will continue to develop and grow.
https://privsec.dev/posts/android/f-droid-security-issues/
This makes some fair points regarding signing practices. Although I’d point out F-Droid isn’t just the F-Droid repo, there are also others, like Izzy’s as well as dev’s own repos. Obtainium is a lot easier, in a way, but the repos are a good way to look for apps. I’m using Droidify and it’s good. The article seems to think Droidify rebranded to Neo Store but they are separate apps made by separate communities.
F-Droid is also undergoing a bit of drama at the moment with leadership on GitLab. I think it’s good to remind ourselves that open source (or free software) is not equivalent to security. Nevertheless, it’s still better than GPS (I know you can run GPS sandboxes on Graphene but I’m on Graphene and I’d rather stay away from it, even though this article seems to go light on Google). Paired with Obtainium, it’s s a good setup for discovery + frequent updates.
Interesting. I have been using Fdroid for a long time. I just installed Accrescent, and it’s pretty bare-bones. Hopefully it will continue to develop and grow.