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Google's annoying 'update ownership' sideload warning spreads to more apps and phones
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this post was submitted on 29 Jan 2024
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But for example, the only official download page for "AccuWeather" is the Google Play Store. Downloading apps from unofficial sources is a common avenue for malware. If you are installing an apk from something that's not the official page for that app, you had better know what you're doing.
I don't think this shows up if you're trying to download an update to an F-Droid app, or even F-Droid itself, since those apps don't use this feature.
I think Google Play Protect uploading all your sideloaded apps is a bigger issue than showing a warning for unofficial downloads of official apps.
The only risk I see is that maybe this could be annoying for Aurora Store users, but I would think there's some bypass for people with degoogled roms.
Except you can't update an app at all if the new apk was modified and thus its signature doesn't match with the installed one. The only thing it's trying to 'protect' from is updating from other sources