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Google Will Make All Android App Developers Verify Their Identity Starting Next Year

With claims that sideloaded apps are 50 times more likely to contain malware, Google is tightening restrictions for ...

Google to Require Identity Verification for Android App Developers: Here’s the Rollout Timeline

Currently, developers who create “sideloaded” Android apps are exempt from Google’s verification requirements.

All apps on your Android phone should come from verified developers by 2027All apps on your Android phone should come from verified developers by 2027All app…

Google has announced a rather strict requirement which enforces all apps (including sideloaded software) to come from ...
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Google wants to make sideloading Android apps safer by verifying developers’ identities

Speaking of which, developers only need to create a separate Android Developer Console account if they don’t plan on distributing any of their apps on Google Play. Developers with existing Google Play ...

With developer verification, I'm struggling to think of Android as a proper smartphone platform

Google being able to ban developers operating outside the Play Store transforms Android into an iOS-like walled garden. When ...