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[–] smeg@infosec.pub 72 points 6 months ago (6 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

    

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[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 37 points 6 months 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.

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[–] XLE@piefed.social 10 points 6 months ago

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

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[–] freeman@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago