Android applications can now block being sideloaded
It seems Google is hell-bent on removing anything from Android that makes the platform stand apart from iOS. One of the features of Android and the Play Store that users of rooted and/or de-Googled phones will be familiar with is SafetyNet Attestation, something that Android applications can use to check, among other things, if the d
https://www.osnews.com/story/140737/android-applications-can-now-block-being-sideloaded/
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