Strypey @strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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A mistrust of apps is not a bad thing. The majority of them exist only to exploit their access to your device for DataFarming purposes (see my recent post about ZipoApps).

That's why I'm so fussy about installing phone apps only from F-Droid. Where they've been rebuilt from source code and checked for spyware, which they either remove, or at least flag (eg if the app is tethered to a DataFarming remote service).

#FDroid#SoftwareFreedom#DataFarming

@KneeNeart
Strypey
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You'd be amazed how many "Open Source" apps turn out to be a wrapping of Free Code around some proprietary core or remote service. Or start out fine, but then get acquired by DataFarmers (again, see my recent posts about Simple Mobile Tools getting bought by ZipoApps).

The mere existence of the F-Droid project means this kind of stuff is getting audited by someone. Which is a social good.