Google's plans to restrict sideloading on Android are an authoritarian
wet dream come true
Let me be really clear about how horrifically dangerous #Google's
plans are to restrict #Android sideloading to "verified developers"
(that is, entities for which Google has full verified identity and
associated information that they could hand over to authorities on
demand).
This means that even though you own your Android device, you cannot
install apps obtained from ANY source (except perhaps apps you build
yourself that will only be permitted to run on your own device) unless
Google knows pretty much everything about who created that app.
The ways that this could be abused are so numerous I won't even start
listing them here, other than to note that it is absolutely horrific
overreach by Google and at least appears to be Google bending over for
abusive government demands, and could put already vulnerable
individuals and groups at even more risk.
Absolutely disgusting.
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