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1mobile

Submitted by Stan (not verified) on Mon, Aug 26, 2013 - 11:55pm.

Ha. Thanks for the faith.

How do you feel about using 1mobile.com as opposed to Google Play?

So many apps I use are not open source, but are free of cost and available at 1m.

1m doesn't require registration and it keeps apps up-to-date.

If I really want to stay private from 1m (even though it may already know the IMEI) I can:
- install orbot on my fresh no-GAPPs aosp ROM.
- use orbot as root to transparent-proxy everything.
- browse to 1m's site through TOR, install it and then install my apps.
- freeze 1m and its related processes for a while until I want to check for updates to apps.
- connect orbot first, unfreeze 1m, check for updates.

And so on.

Lol, this is pretty ridiculous.

Is the .apk a dev puts on Google Play different than one he puts on 1mobile or similar site? Does Google do anything to the file before putting it in the Play store?

I've read about how a dev knows everything about a user who purchased a non-free app from Google Play.

Is there a concern with free apps? I understand Google "knows" I installed any app installed through Google Play.

OK, this is already way too long, but since I'm on my phone, it's really long.

Thank you,
Stan

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