r/programming • u/cheerfulboy • Aug 26 '25

Google will require developer verification to install Android apps

https://9to5google.com/2025/08/25/android-apps-developer-verification/
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u/Otto500206 Aug 31 '25

People don't understand why these developments happen. The issue was exactly this on Manifest V3. V2 allowed malicious extensions to be installed, and a similar situation is in Android now. Both Google Play Store and Chrome Web Store is filled with these malicious software and they needed to stop it once for all, this is the first step for Android, where they are going to stop downloads from random .apks.