Data leak exposes tens of millions of private records from corporations and government agencies
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/24/tech/data-leak-microsoft-upguard/index.html
@thenewoil
Most of it is a decent level one guide, but the seventh recommendation to only load apps from Google and Apple stores is disinformation. Sideloading is the new word for installing SW that the overloads did not bless. For Android users, I recommend installing first from #fdroid and then #aurorastore if you must use a proprietary app.
@krock Yeah, I didn't really care for that piece of advice either but overall I get where they're coming from. Sideloading can be risky if you don't vet the app, and unfortunately in a world where people download dumb sh*t like pdf scanners and "age my face" apps, I understand why they wouldn't bother making that caveat.
@thenewoil
Most of those dumbshit apps are available from the 2 corp stores. There is a marketing effort underway to make 'sideloading' a bad word like they did with the word 'hacker'. Propaganda spreads with articles like this that give 95% good advice and then stick this in there.
