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PSA: Starting in August this year, for newly published Android apps, Google will require that *they* sign apps, not you. This means that the Android security model is fundamentally broken, because the app is signed by the distributor and not by the developer. (1/3)
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This means that Google can (or can be forced to) distribute backdoored versions of popular apps to targeted people. The app you are downloading may be different from the app your neighbour is downloading. And the app signature will be perfectly valid for both of them. (2/3)
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