So APKPure is not trustworthy? Do they not have any verification of APKs?
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apk download sites seem pretty sketchy in general
Who downloads Telegram's apks from third party sources if they're freely available on Telegram's official website?
It's literally the first result when you search for "telegram apk" (DuckDuckGo). Followed by apkpure.
YSK: Telegram
APK from APKPureis a spyware
Like small infintes and large infinites are both invites, yes
Nice. I wonder how clean Forkgram is
Forkgram is kinda sus in my phone. It's always opening notifications. Sometimes when I open the browser. I keep wondering if it's just me
If it's in the official fdroid, it's met some very strict inclusion criteria.
Read the anti feature warnings it's all very clear.
They can't do that, pure is right in the name!
This is why it really sucks that app developers offering their APKs directly isn't more common, forces people to turn to sites like this. I've installed apps from apkmirror just because I want to avoid Google Play. I don't really understand why there isn't some third party app store that helps lift the hosting+verification burden from developers but still doesn't rely on randos uploading apks from gplay.
What a great world it would be if every time you went to some software's website with an app, they had that "download from google play" button right next to a "download from " button so you know its their real account, and a "download apk" button, because why not put some faith in users?
YSK: as a mass noun, 'spyware' doesn't need the indefinite article. We don't say "a happy", for instance, and we heckle those who say "a software".
This is the thing that worries me. I'm currently Degoogling and relying on sources like F-Droid, but these sneaky tricks seem unavoidable
That's why I'm extremely strict about permission I allow on my apps. My Telegram is official but still has no permission on contacts, camera or images/files.
Maybe some developer verification would be useful 😜?
What? There were so many ways to not download this, from using a certificate provided by telegram to... Well just downloading it from telegram directly.
This is not something that would need such drastic actions as blocking everything thats not from one authority, and even with that I'll remind you that google as an authority has in no way better standards in many ways.
Also, feddit.UK, so show me your I'd.
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