In case you missed it: Bank info-stealing malware found in 90+ Android apps with 5.5M installs - eviltoast
  • redcalcium@lemmy.institute
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    5 months ago

    If you download apps from fdroid, at the very least you can be sure that the binary is 100% generated from the provided source code, the devs can’t pull a switcheroo like submitting an altered version of app (e.g. inserting malware) that doesn’t match the published source code.

    • Peffse@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      With the new changes to the repo management, that’s not going to remain true for much longer.