Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoLet Google know what you think about their proposed restrictions on sideloading Android apps. - Android developer verification requirements [Feedback Form]docs.google.comexternal-linkmessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1752arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1746arrow-down1external-linkLet Google know what you think about their proposed restrictions on sideloading Android apps. - Android developer verification requirements [Feedback Form]docs.google.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square98fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareruffsl@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·8 hours agoSome poignant questions for these new platform requirements: How do you anticipate this being used against journalists and advocacy groups? What research and statistical quantification will be done to evaluate the amount of harm these restrictions can inflict? What precautions or safeguards will users have against malicious state actors or capitulating corporations? How can developers protect themselves from liable damages due to service interruptions caused by third party verification? Do you foresee legal restrictions in rollout due to national security concerns from differing nation states?
Some poignant questions for these new platform requirements: