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Did we win? Google to continue to allow side loading (liliputing.com)
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[–] smeg@infosec.pub 60 points 16 hours ago (2 children)
  • enable developer options
  • confirm that you are not tricked
  • restart phone and re-authenticate
  • wait one day
  • confirm with biometrics that you know what you are doing
  • decide if you only want unrestricted installs for 1 week or forever
  • confirm that you accept the risks
  • enjoy the few apps that still have developers motivated to develop for a user-base willing to put up with this
[–] SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago
  • Fuck that, keep an old phone and don't update it
  • When it breaks, buy a Linux phone. Or a dumbphone.
  • Only way to win? Don't play their game
[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 27 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

A classic case of making a ridiculously restrictive change, then "walking it back" to a merely semi-ridiculous change and having everyone sigh in relief.

[–] freeman@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago

And creepily walk it forth step by step.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 8 points 14 hours ago

Just like Anthropic and OpenAI's willingness to kill people en masse, then walking it back to a nonexistent standard.