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152 sats \ 8 comments \ @abhishandy 30 Apr security

Few Bitcoin apps are leaving Google Play recently.

That reminded me that I got soft and chose convenience over resilience. I stopped downloading APKs and opted for one click installs and auto updates.

What would I like to do is:

clone the GitHub repositories of apps I want
Build the app locally (and help in documentation)
Verify the signature
Install the app on my phone
Seed the release package to Torrent network

What I need from app devs:

GitHub repo
APK file and signature
Torrent to seed the release package

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SwearyDoctor 30 Apr

APK files are great. There's also Aurora, to get apps without a google surveillance kraken. But yes, the direct apk is much better. There's also F-Droid, APKmirror, and itch.io.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nym 30 Apr

I think this can be done?

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Lux 30 Apr

Obtainium allows you to install and update apps directly from their releases pages, and receive notifications when new releases are made available. https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @abhishandy OP 30 Apr

I'll try this, but it adds another trust layer for convenience.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @48f396bf65 30 Apr

What is the trust layer you are referring to?

If anything, Obtainium removes a trust layer.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @abhishandy OP 30 Apr

On second thought, I have to check this project to verify their approach.

I was assuming that they have a server to keep an updated list of app versions. I might be wrong.