So I’ve been in the rabbit hole of android privacy for some time, last I joined the GrapheneOS community but let’s just say that they doesn’t have a “healthy” opinion about other projects like f-droid.

So I am looking for generic communities that focus on mobile privacy that doesn’t have drama or toxicity or “extreme opinions”. Any suggestions? I prefer chat based communities like matrix or simplex instead of like reddit or lemmy.

    • JackbyDev@programming.dev
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      2 months ago

      What’s an unhealthy opinion of f-droid? Is something wrong with it? Genuine question. I’m out of the loop.

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        F-droid acts as a trust for all the apps you download through it, which means if F droid is hacked, hackers can push fake update to all the apps. It is an issue, but not the biggest concern of average joe. Although F-droid should take it pretty seriously.

        But I think hating on them is not the solution…

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          2 months ago

          Oh. Same is true for Google Play and literally every self updating app/program on the planet lmao.

        • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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          2 months ago

          They have actually made a bunch of security enhancements to there systems and processes. You can look at the blog if you are curious.