alt Hacker NewsI really hope Google doesn't pick this out (and similar events) as further justification for getting rid of APK-based installation.
I really hope Google doesn't pick this out (and similar events) as further justification for getting rid of APK-based installation.
Blocking file-based installations was never planned. It's fake news and always has been. It's all about requiring code signing for all code so that malware-spreading authors can be easily blocked by adding their signing key fingerprint to the blocklist.
It doesn't matter whether the app is installed via Play Store, Huawei's or Samsung's store etc., or from APK.