<![CDATA[Google demands every developer's identity in the name of security.]]>Google demands every developer's identity in the name of security. Yet more than 50 Play Store apps hiding malware were installed 2.3 million times¹. Meanwhile, , which builds every app from source and rejects black boxes, is under threat. This is not about security, it is about control. That is why I don't want to support this joke.

[1]https://cert.gov.az/en/news/novoice-malware-found-on-google-play-infected-2-dot-3-million-devices-9383

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/e81cefa6-3841-4e5b-b197-4bcfdbc0e875/google-demands-every-developer-s-identity-in-the-name-of-security.RSS for NodeSun, 11 Oct 2026 13:00:30 GMTSat, 10 Oct 2026 20:45:16 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Google demands every developer's identity in the name of security. on Sun, 11 Oct 2026 09:34:11 GMT]]>@_aD a select and single right-click easily finds: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-novoice-malware-android-google-play-50-apps/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/srtcd424/statuses/117421588567315998https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/srtcd424/statuses/117421588567315998Sun, 11 Oct 2026 09:34:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google demands every developer's identity in the name of security. on Sun, 11 Oct 2026 09:20:52 GMT]]>@apps whilst I find this claim to be generally plausible, the header image is clearly slop (stolen art) and the entire text is vague, referring to "available information, "it was reported", "according to the investigation". No links or reference to primary sources. I'd suggest the entire article is fabricated slop.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/_aD/statuses/117421536187517675https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/_aD/statuses/117421536187517675Sun, 11 Oct 2026 09:20:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google demands every developer's identity in the name of security. on Sun, 11 Oct 2026 09:20:36 GMT]]>@apps At present, Murena phones run /e/OS v4.3 (AOSPv16) and use apps from the F-Droid store or directly from Android app developers source code. They cannot cope with the demand for these ‘deGoogled’ phones. They don’t advertise; Google does that for them. +
https://murena.com/products/smartphones/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/marcellinusme/statuses/117421535165556659https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/marcellinusme/statuses/117421535165556659Sun, 11 Oct 2026 09:20:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google demands every developer's identity in the name of security. on Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:37:53 GMT]]>@apps is it necessarily because of less moderation at the store, or is google silenty supporting malware lingering on their app store?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116352254831008129/statuses/117421367201797149https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116352254831008129/statuses/117421367201797149Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:37:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google demands every developer's identity in the name of security. on Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:35:57 GMT]]>@apps Sad it's come to this, but given the direction of big tech companies, it was inevitable. Guess I ain't buying a phone for a loooong while when mine finally breaks cos computer components are crazy expensive these days.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/altlazybear/statuses/117421359574899197https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/altlazybear/statuses/117421359574899197Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:35:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google demands every developer's identity in the name of security. on Sun, 11 Oct 2026 05:52:15 GMT]]>@apps
@marcprux @EUCommission
Few months old, but another million hit hut.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.fbin.in/ap/users/115968153178175357/statuses/117420715917653189https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.fbin.in/ap/users/115968153178175357/statuses/117420715917653189Sun, 11 Oct 2026 05:52:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google demands every developer's identity in the name of security. on Sun, 11 Oct 2026 05:45:30 GMT]]>@apps

> Experts recommend that Android users rely on devices with more recent security updates and install applications only from trusted sources.

Like... the app store that came with the device? That was vulnerable to malware? Almost feels a bit like sarcasm

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://y.diskcat.com/users/snep/statuses/117420689364588506https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://y.diskcat.com/users/snep/statuses/117420689364588506Sun, 11 Oct 2026 05:45:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google demands every developer's identity in the name of security. on Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:52:13 GMT]]>@apps Precisely.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/117414272331490551/statuses/117419536115786357https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/117414272331490551/statuses/117419536115786357Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:52:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google demands every developer's identity in the name of security. on Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:24:55 GMT]]>
People just don't realise how it works. Apple said locked bootloaders are only a security feature and now it used it for behavior control. (A locked bootloader makes it impossible to bypass whatever apple chooses to implement)]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mostr.pub/objects/0000003df5e088750ecd7f0e7ee941b6637c11e7acde8c16d62bf3a0c46eacf6https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mostr.pub/objects/0000003df5e088750ecd7f0e7ee941b6637c11e7acde8c16d62bf3a0c46eacf6Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:24:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google demands every developer's identity in the name of security. on Sat, 10 Oct 2026 23:56:29 GMT]]>@apps Due to this developer verification crap I am advising people not to buy any phone whose bootloader cannot be unlocked to run either a 3ed party Android fork or a linux phone distro.

All of these plus phones sold mostly in China without Google Play services are not "Google certified," cannot run certain Gapps, and will be completely unaffected by developer verification. It remains unclear what happens to this developer verification crap when a stock Android phone is de-googled by removing Google Play Services and everything that depends on it.

Google Play Services/Store/account not welcome in my life.

If F-droid goes and Accrescent too, people who do not use Google or Crapple will have to download all apps from the developer's websites, verify them locally, and install them over ADB to bypass that 24 hour waiting bullshit.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/LukefromDC/statuses/117419316949480460https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/LukefromDC/statuses/117419316949480460Sat, 10 Oct 2026 23:56:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google demands every developer's identity in the name of security. on Sat, 10 Oct 2026 23:29:27 GMT]]>@apps google is a pair of hanging hairy balls.
fuck them, pardon my french

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/117110034605331883/statuses/117419210677856935https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/117110034605331883/statuses/117419210677856935Sat, 10 Oct 2026 23:29:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Google demands every developer's identity in the name of security. on Sat, 10 Oct 2026 22:19:06 GMT]]>@apps Of course there's merit to controlling more and more of vital resources, and the 99% with less and less.

Mass extinctions were built on scaled Singularities/Big Crunches. If the world's wealthiest stay in power...

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