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F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device.

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Why are the installation instructions aimed towards Linux? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Sorry if it sounds a dumb question but I always thought using the official playstore that comes pre-installed is the safest so everything related to F-Droid is new to me. Did anyone had apprehension on installing F-Droid when you had bare to none knowledge how it works? I like to be cautious and on the page it has a Instructions to verify the download page and it only tells how to check from Linux but not from Android, what am I missing here?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I will be totally honest, I've never verified the signature, primarily for the same reason as other people. It has HTTPS connection, and I would highly doubt that the website had been hacked while I was trying to download it. However, that really is a terrible excuse, and I really should do better in the future. But honestly, I don't know how to verify signatures myself.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

How do you know the signature hasn't been compromised?

I think it is a big rabbit hole I don't have time to think about

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I dont. As I said, I actually don't really know how to verify signatures. And even if I did, I know that you have to get the signature from somewhere else that is not run by them so that if they were compromised, the signature would not be compromised as well.