PRprivacyishuman·Oct 31, 2026
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verified-apps-android
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privacyguides / verified-apps-android
verified-apps-android
An Android app to more easily contribute to our Verified Apps database
2Distinct people
3Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
195GitHub stars
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What it is
An Android app to more easily contribute to our Verified Apps database
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Observed mentions: 2026-09-02 09:51:52 UTC to 2026-10-31 19:38:14 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Aug 31 | 2026-08-31 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-09-07 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 7 | 2026-09-07 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-09-14 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | 2026-09-14 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-09-21 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 21 | 2026-09-21 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-09-28 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | 2026-09-28 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-10-05 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | 2026-10-05 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-10-12 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 12 | 2026-10-12 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-10-19 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | 2026-10-19 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-10-26 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | 2026-10-26 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-11-02 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
3 sourcesFor the former there is: https://github.com/privacyguides/verified-apps-android
Key compromise sucks and is hard to protect against. That said the Apple/Google app stores are also full of scams where people lose a lot of real money:
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/07/27/apple-app-store-fake-bi...
In The Google Play app review process now regularly takes longer than a weekPrivacy Guides is building a database of signing keys with a verifier app:
https://github.com/privacyguides/verified-apps-android
https://github.com/privacyguides/verified-apps/
I think in general trust is established for Play Store apps by downloading the app with the Play Store on a phone with Google Certified Android. Then the app can get the signing key for storage in the database. Then this can be used to verify APKs downloaded outside the play store.
In Play Store blocks AuroraStore, hurting GrapheneOS users