Funny, this is what these app stores were marketed as protecting against originally.
They even invented a fucking marketing term for how you traditionally install applications. Fuck “sideloading” its fucking “frontloading.” Needing a fucking app store should be “sideloading,” not the other way around.
Anyway, “sideloading” is (according to Google/Apple/Microsoft) “more dangerous” because the files could have come from anywhere, ooh spooky. Yeah, that’s why we’ve had file hash matching for like 20 years or more for file downloads. Every reputable site publishes a current hash, so if the package isn’t legit, the hashes won’t match, and you can just delete it.
Funny, this is what these app stores were marketed as protecting against originally.
They even invented a fucking marketing term for how you traditionally install applications. Fuck “sideloading” its fucking “frontloading.” Needing a fucking app store should be “sideloading,” not the other way around.
Anyway, “sideloading” is (according to Google/Apple/Microsoft) “more dangerous” because the files could have come from anywhere, ooh spooky. Yeah, that’s why we’ve had file hash matching for like 20 years or more for file downloads. Every reputable site publishes a current hash, so if the package isn’t legit, the hashes won’t match, and you can just delete it.