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the #Syncthing Android drama is exploding. https://github.com/researchxxl/syncthing-android/issues/16 @fdroidorg@floss.social at this point is being used to push out an app with sensitive permissions that's been taken over by an unknown individual who refuses to engage with its large community of users and developers. I STRONGLY recommend disabling updates from Fdroid, if not uninstalling and manually installing 2.0.11.2, or installing the Google Play version which has a different maintainer. this is extremely shady and it's just looking worse as time goes on. I'll link to the Syncthing forum thread from about where I left off last time in a subsequent post. #SyncthingFork #SyncthingAndroid

@fdroidorg at this point is being used to push out an app with sensitive permissions that’s been taken over by an unknown individual who refuses to engage with its large community of users and developers.

I STRONGLY recommend disabling updates from Fdroid, if not uninstalling and manually installing 2.0.11.2, or installing the Google Play version which has a different maintainer.

this is extremely shady and it’s just looking worse as time goes on. I’ll link to the Syncthing forum thread from about where I left off last time in a subsequent post.

  • t0fr@lemmy.caEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I’m so confused. I don’t know what to do or who to trust for this. I wonder if I should uninstall Syncthing until this all blows over.

    I am on version 2.0.10.1, that I’m pretty sure I got from Obtainium. It’s no longer in my list of installed apps on Obtainium so I can’t be sure I suppose.

    • solrize@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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      4 months ago

      I thought syncthing had fallen out of favor some years ago. I have nextcloud but I don’t currently use automatic sync so I can’t compare them.

      • t0fr@lemmy.caEnglish
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        4 months ago

        I was not aware of any falling out years ago. Nextcloud and syncthing are definitely for different applications though