Originally I’ve download the signal app through playstore, but often it also get updates from Droid-ify(Fdroid client). Today its weird and I got this . Explain to me this.
On the Droid-ify the signal app is provided by: org.thoughtcrimes.securesms
I’ll just drop this here
What is the benefit of using this instead of Signal?
Android tablets as linked devices is why I use it. Something Signal seems to refuse to add.
You get to convince your peers once more to use a different app.
Uses the signal back end and is cross compatible
It seems you are not cross compatible with my joke. I admit, I use an obscure back end.
The package name is correct, but signal was never on F-droid.Do you have a third party repo that might be compromised?
Edit: Package name isn’t correct, so that’s almost definitely a compromised version. Get rid of it ASAP.
org.thoughtcrimes.securesms
It actually might not be, googling
"org.thoughtcrimes.securesms"doesn’t get results.thoughtcrimesvs.thoughtcrime
My question though is how this popped up in droidify, would someone need to manually add some special repo?
I missed that, thanks for pointing it out. The one without S is the correct one.
But that makes me wonder, how did OP not end up with two signal apps then?
how did OP not end up with two signal apps then?
by that popup blocking him from installing the wrong one?
Oh, that’s from the installer and not one of those warnings you get after opening apps. Makes sense.
Yes, where is that from? Its not in the repos I use.
Twinhelix is the only one compiling the app from source without proprietary blobs
Got something similar yesterday, but for KDE-Connect from F-Droid. Downloaded the Play Store version instead.
Turn off Play “Protect”.
In most cases I’d be the first to support your idea.
but here it actually blocked malware?
I recommend checking the official website or the Play Store to ensure that you are downloading the latest and official version of the app.
https://www.signal.org/download/android/
The official website only links to Google Play for the Android client, even on the fairly “hidden” download page.
Just get a degoogled phone…
