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I use the apps my friends use but it gets tiring to keep up with so many.

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[–] JohnDoe@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Hi, could you touch on why F-Droid is less safe? Is it because they package (I think that's the term?) stuff themselves?

[–] SundryTornAsunder@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Certainly.

To answer your question: yeah, pretty much.

I got all of this information, originally, through this guy's channel (Side Of Burritos on YouTube):

  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzpVI4zaso0
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAbgeJau3eE
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFz57zNR_M0

 

It's also worth mentioning that part three of that series ended up directly inspiring another project called Obtanium, which he then did a video on here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiN37bn0OE8