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VLC - App stores were a mistake (archive.is)

submitted 8 months ago by ozoned@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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VideoLAN @videolan App Stores were a mistake. Currently, we cannot update VLC on Windows Store, and we cannot update VLC on Android Play Store, without reducing security or dropping a lot of users... For now, iOS App Store still allows us to ship for iOS9, but until when?

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[–] Artyom@lemm.ee 47 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Google is forcing apps to have Google services handle private keys. VLC doesn't think that's a good policy for security (it's not), so they're refusing to adopt it. Whenever you sign in on an app with your fingerprint, the encryption/authentication is being handled by a different program and stored alongside all your other keys. This creates a single point of failure for all sign-ons on your phone.

[–] Wes_Dev@lemmy.ml 13 points 8 months ago

This creates a single backdoor for all sign-ons on your phone.

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 6 points 8 months ago

Thanks! 🙏