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~~The package name is correct~~, but signal was never on F-droid.
Do you have a third party repo that might be compromised?
Edit: Package name isn't correct, so that's almost definitely a compromised version. Get rid of it ASAP.
It actually might not be, googling
"org.thoughtcrimes.securesms"doesn't get results.thoughtcrimesvs.thoughtcrimeMy question though is how this popped up in droidify, would someone need to manually add some special repo?
I missed that, thanks for pointing it out. The one without S is the correct one.
But that makes me wonder, how did OP not end up with two signal apps then?
by that popup blocking him from installing the wrong one?
Oh, that's from the installer and not one of those warnings you get after opening apps. Makes sense.
Technically it's from "Google Play Protect" that got triggered during the install but yeah.