Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoWhy is Google allowed to remove purchases from our Play Store accounts without telling us?www.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square308fedilinkarrow-up1988arrow-down115
arrow-up1973arrow-down1external-linkWhy is Google allowed to remove purchases from our Play Store accounts without telling us?www.androidpolice.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square308fedilink
minus-squareFlavoredButtHair@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoActually there’s websites with archives of old apk files for apps.
minus-squaregraymess@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 months agoKinda hard to just trust those sites not to hide malicious shit in there.
minus-squarejbk@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoThat’s why Android apps must be signed. Tools can show an app’s certificate hash and if two app versions’ hashes match, they’re equally trustworthy / from the same source. I think APKMirror does this and it’s actually quite trusthworthy.
minus-squareFlavoredButtHair@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoGoogle them and see which one is safe.
Actually there’s websites with archives of old apk files for apps.
Kinda hard to just trust those sites not to hide malicious shit in there.
That’s why Android apps must be signed. Tools can show an app’s certificate hash and if two app versions’ hashes match, they’re equally trustworthy / from the same source. I think APKMirror does this and it’s actually quite trusthworthy.
Google them and see which one is safe.