AI is "not open in any sense," the battle over encryption is far from won, and Signal's principled (and uncompromising) approach may complicate
  • geoma@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    I have used it (molly-foss)but haven’t in a while, just waiting for it to enable OSM location sharing to switch back to it. Didn’t know about accrescent. What’s the deal about it compared to droidify or f-droid?

    • Dehydrated@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      10 months ago

      It’s more secure than F-Droid. It’s still in a pretty early stage of development though and currently only offers a handful of apps.

      • App signing key pinning: first-time app installs are verified so you don’t have to TOFU.
      • Signed repository metadata: repository contents are protected against malicious tampering.
      • Automatic, unattended, unprivileged updates (Android 12+): updates are handled seamlessly without relying on privileged OS integration.
      • First-class support for split APKs: downloaded APKs are optimized for your device to save bandwidth.
      • No remote APK signing: developers are in full control of their app signing keys.