▲ 63 ▼ Spyware distributed using modified code in Nekogram release. Dev closes issue without response. (github.com) submitted 7 months ago by artyom@piefed.social to c/opensource@programming.dev 9 comments fedilink hide all child comments This is why we install from FDroid.
[–] inari@piefed.zip 9 points 7 months ago (2 children) Would an F-Droid release have found this issue? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] artyom@piefed.social [S] 14 points 7 months ago (1 child) No but it would have avoided it since its compiled from source. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] inari@piefed.zip 20 points 7 months ago Yeah... one of the criticisms levied at F-Droid is that you need to trust them over the app developers but as we can see in cases like this, I think that's a feature, not a bug. It's one reason I'll never use something like Obtainium for instance. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] artyom@piefed.social [S] 14 points 7 months ago (1 child) No but it would have avoided it since its compiled from source. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] inari@piefed.zip 20 points 7 months ago Yeah... one of the criticisms levied at F-Droid is that you need to trust them over the app developers but as we can see in cases like this, I think that's a feature, not a bug. It's one reason I'll never use something like Obtainium for instance. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] inari@piefed.zip 20 points 7 months ago Yeah... one of the criticisms levied at F-Droid is that you need to trust them over the app developers but as we can see in cases like this, I think that's a feature, not a bug. It's one reason I'll never use something like Obtainium for instance. permalink fedilink source parent