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F-Droid version of KDEConnect uninstalled by PlayProtect

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Re: F-Droid version of KDEConnect uninstalled by PlayProtect

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Post by jeroenhd »

Arnt wrote: post #40
nolok wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't understand what you mean ? F-droid doesn't ship a keyboard app.

The AOSP keyboard was available on f-droid when I installed f-droid, and the f-droid app kept nagging me to replace the keyboard app on my phone with the debloated AOSP version from f-droid. Debloated, in this case, meaning without support for minority languages such as mine.

Someone must've uploaded a version with the same package name.

You can open the app on F-Droid and hit the menu button in the top right to ignore updates to the keyboard.

You could also file an issue with F-Droid themselves that there's a package conflict on there.

Re: F-Droid version of KDEConnect uninstalled by PlayProtect

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Post by throwaway914 »

Zambyte wrote: post #70
ensignavenger wrote: post #52

Happened to me, I had to disable Play Protect scanning... interestingly, in ghe deacription in Android settings, it claims Play Protect will scan and WARN, not remove, apps. That is clearly a lie.

My phone forces me to reject "Play Protect" every single time I want to install an app. If I have to explicitly reject it more than once, it is obviously malware. Once is already arguable.

The only acceptable phone for me has been a Pixel phone, with GrapheneOS installed. I do wish the permission to install/uninstall were separated for something like this (I may be naive). I have everything installed to a work profile in Android (using the Shelter app). I can globally pause all work-profile apps. It's not the best, because when unpaused I'm not getting some notifications. I need to figure that out.

Re: F-Droid version of KDEConnect uninstalled by PlayProtect

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Post by callalex »

blameitonme wrote: post #4
neilv wrote: post #2

One way to be a little less constantly violated by your phone is to run GrapheneOS, instead of iOS or ordinary Android: https://grapheneos.org/

They only seem to support pixel, although pixels can be bought for cheap when compared to iphones, they're still expensive for countries which are still developing. For example Im using a device which is 1/4th the price of cheapest first hand pixel that I can get :(

Aren’t those kind of phones typically infested with malware from the manufacturer to begin with, making Google’s stalking the least of your worries?

Re: F-Droid version of KDEConnect uninstalled by PlayProtect

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Post by eks391 »

HansHamster wrote: post #86
slikrick wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

it's not a waste of money, that android version is a security mess

It is for me. And there is nothing important on my phone so it is not a huge concern. And why do we have to accept that phones just turn into garbage after a few years? Even my old 2009 laptop* still runs an up-to-date OS but my 2016 phone is obsolete after 2-3 years? * but I have to admit that the hardware is quite slow

> And why do we have to accept that phones just turn into garbage after a few years? Even my old 2009 laptop* still runs an up-to-date OS but my 2016 phone is obsolete after 2-3 years?

It is because computers run one of a few available OS's. The OS is being maintained by the distributer (MS, Apple, Google) and your hardware is good as long as the drivers are still receiving updates.

Phones are different because even though everyone only uses iOS or Android, every Android manufacturer puts their own layer onto Android, so Google can continusously update it but the manufacturer might not. Most companies only maintain their phones for about 3 years, giving a significantly reduced lifetime than computers.

It still works fine, from from a security perspective, keeping the phone without patch support is a bad idea.

Re: F-Droid version of KDEConnect uninstalled by PlayProtect

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Post by drowsspa »

neilv wrote: post #2

One way to be a little less constantly violated by your phone is to run GrapheneOS, instead of iOS or ordinary Android: https://grapheneos.org/

Sadly device attestation has all but destroyed installing other OS. I couldn't use government or banking apps back in my old phone with LineageOS.

Re: F-Droid version of KDEConnect uninstalled by PlayProtect

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Post by nicoco »

tortoise_in wrote: post #73
HansHamster wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

LineageOS unfortunately dropped support for my Moto G4 relatively quickly after I installed it and it only was supported up to Android 7.1. I have been running an unofficial build of 8.1 ever since, but that is also horribly outdated by now.

Dude buy something new

Oh yes, more e-waste, more consumerism. We don't have enough of those. Sending text messages and viewing images requires a 90's supercomputer. It's fine.

Re: F-Droid version of KDEConnect uninstalled by PlayProtect

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Post by eks391 »

fsflover wrote: post #78
jacooper wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No it isn't, as unlike the others, grapheneOS is actually usable and dailyable.

I doubt grapheneOS requires much less effort to daily drive than others. Sent from my Librem 5.

There's some hiccups when you first set GrapheneOS up, but after that it is as smooth as, and blends in with, any other Android device. I've never used Librem or PinePhone to comment on them

Re: F-Droid version of KDEConnect uninstalled by PlayProtect

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Post by nfriedly »

drowsspa wrote: post #95
neilv wrote: post #2

One way to be a little less constantly violated by your phone is to run GrapheneOS, instead of iOS or ordinary Android: https://grapheneos.org/

Sadly device attestation has all but destroyed installing other OS. I couldn't use government or banking apps back in my old phone with LineageOS.

I'm running lineageOS, and I had to root the phone to make one banking app work (and Netflix and some games.)

It actually passes SafetyNet out of the box, but there's a CTS profile check that some apps do in addition to SafetyNet, and I had to root the phone to make it provide a profile that those apps are happy with. And then I had to install a SafetyNet bypass, because fixing the CTS profile broke SafetyNet.

It un-roots itself every time I install an update, which is kind of a pain in the ass, but someone wrote a script to re-root lineageOS (from a desktop computer), so it's not too bad these days.

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