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Google says Android is getting a "high-friction" sideloading flow, but insists it's an accountability layer about risk awareness.

Google announced changes to Android app sideloading last year that would require developer verification as a safety measure, ...

Google is trying to keep Android users safer by making the sideloading app flow more difficult and convoluted, according to ...

Android is adding new verification steps to sideloaded apps, introducing friction for advanced users while aiming to reduce ...

Samsung is enforcing a new “Auto Blocker” on new Galaxy smartphones, which, among other protections, blocks users from sideloading Android apps on their device. “Auto Blocker” has been a part of ...

Google may soon add online developer verification for sideloaded Android apps, offering users extra protection without fully ...

We knew iPhone sideloading was inevitable in Europe long before Apple actually announced the feature. By sideloading, I don't just mean the ability of an iPhone user to download any application ...

F-Droid has challenged Google’s claim that sideloading is safe, calling it false. The conflict centers on new Android developer verification rules that require government ID and Google approval.

European developers see a new Apple sideloading feature from Cupertino which will allow them to distribute their iOS apps directly from their websites or other platforms, but there is a requirement.

Just because you can do it doesn’t always mean you should — and when it comes to app sideloading on iPhones and iPads in Europe, (and elsewhwere), IT must take steps to lock down their devices to ...