Yale Privacy Lab
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Sometimes, the safest option is installing APKs directly from trusted developers. These methods can avoid ad trackers, #surveillance code, and unwanted data sharing. To cut off these options is to put many activists, journalists, whistleblowers, and ordinary users at risk.
Show PostIn many cases, the safer and more privacy-conscious option is to use @fdroidorg.bsky.social to install apps. F-Droid is just one organization that is much more serious than #Google about checking the safety of their catalog of apps...
Show Post...until #Google was called out by my own investigation. Initially, Google responded by saying I was wrong but then acknowledged their error in press. Long after that, other tracker SDKs associated with X-mode and the wider ad-tech #surveillance economy have persisted.
Show PostIndependent audits have consistently revealed these issues inside of Google Play, even *after* #Google claims to have scrubbed. For example, the X-mode SDK persisted long after it was banned in the USA by the FTC enforcement action, and was still present in many #Google Play apps...
Show PostI am the founder of @yaleprivacylab.org , where we have investigated #privacy and #security issues in #Android apps since 2017. I can say without hesitation that this change makes Android users less safe.
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