F-Droid version of KDEConnect uninstalled by PlayProtect

Post by fsflover » Mon, Oct 16, 2023, 8:11 PM UTC

Arnt wrote: post #187

fsflover wrote: post #88

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Of course, in some countries you have lack of important freedoms, which says a lot about their state of democracy. However if your country gives you a choice, consider using it in order to not lose it. It's nice to know that I'm somewhat famous. I never suggested that running banking apps on GNU/Linux phones was as easy as on Android forks (however, reportedly it is possible for some banks). I meant other daily tasks…

The country I live in has strong consumer protection laws. Banks deal with it by judging risks: That which is too risky is what they won't offer. My bank does not offer Western Union transfers, for example, because there's been too much fraud. And does not accept root-platform devices as 2FA "something you have" factors. Liberty or consumer protection? Your choice, really.

Arguably, typical Android is less secure than a Linux phone, since it constantly calls home, runs a ton of untrusted apps and often has a short software support time.

Post by sspiff » Thu, Oct 19, 2023, 3:20 PM UTC

mindslight wrote: post #68

sspiff wrote: post #51

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Interesting, can I still use the Play Store with mircoG? I already run LineageOS, but with Play services. I would like to be able to ditch Play services, but still need the Play store for things like my banking app, and an app to log in to government services.

You can install apps from Play Store with Aurora Store, which is in F-Droid. I'd say it's a toss up whether specific apps will definitely work. But if they don't I'd recommending segmenting between different physical devices, and making the one that lives in your pocket as secure as possible. It's likely that you don't need to run banking and government apps on the same device that's privy to your movement.

In my country (Belgium), mobile payments are a big thing using the national payment network (Bancontact). Lots of small shops don't accept cards and only do mobile payments because of the lower transaction fees.

These mobile payments only work with your banks app or a dedicated app (Payconiq).

My current approach is to put all these apps in my work profile which I can turn off (using Insular from F-Droid). Only apps for which I need background activity or instant notifications (Signal, an open source podcast app, and sadly WhatsApp) are installed in the main profile.

Sadly, this approach still requires me to have Google services always running in the background for a functioning Play store in my work profile.

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