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This is Android's new 'advanced flow' for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period (9to5google.com)
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[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 13 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Do usual dev mode shit...

  1. You then have to confirm that you aren’t being coached/guided/instructed by a bad actor to turn off the security measures.

  2. This is followed by a device restart and re-authentication that “cuts off any remote access or active phone calls a scammer might be using to watch what you’re doing.”

  3. A required “Security wait” takes one day to “confirm that this is really you who’s making this change with our biometric authentication (fingerprint or face unlock) or device PIN.” This is a one-time wait.

  4. Afterwards, you can install apps from unverified developers indefinitely, while there’s also a 7-day “Turn on temporarily” option.

I don't think the wait is necessary. If someone were to continue being scammed after a reboot, they'd continue to be scamme tomorrow. An additional education piece after the reboot would be more effective.

[–] unknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earth 20 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Jfc, the apps scammers usually use are on the fucking play store. Good fucking dammit this is stupid.

[–] undrwater@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

This is the salient point that's hard to communicate.

We've moved to fdroid and others because we're trying to avoid the scammers on the Play Store.