TL;DR
- Google Play Store has started rolling out a new “Pause” feature for Play Protect, allowing users to temporarily disable app security scans.
- Unlike the previous “Turn off” option, the new feature automatically reactivates Play Protect the next day, reducing the risk of users forgetting to turn it back on.
- This update should help protect Android users from malware and scams while still allowing them to sideload apps without long-term security risks.
Fuck Google. If I sideload app I known what I’m doing. I never saw anyone getting malware from fdroid especially the official one. I don’t use any Google services. And I never faced any issues
Anyone that’s put an app on Fdroid can attest to the stringency of their testing process. They sandbox and monitor all apps to make sure they aren’t calling out to other services. Their reproducible builds tags are a huge advantage to anyone wanting ground truth about the apps they get from the store. If you have a clean tagged app from them, you can be pretty certain it’s clean.