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I downloaded an app from F-Droid once, it was Spotify. Later that week I started getting strange spanish songs on my recently played. Checked my logged in sessi

by wjd2030 5y ago

I downloaded an app from F-Droid once, it was Spotify. Later that week I started getting strange spanish songs on my recently played. Checked my logged in sessions and there were several from latam. I deleted the app.

mdp2021 5y ago
Have you cross checked the signatures?
- wjd2030 5y ago
  Nope, and it was totally my fault, though at the time I tried to find a way to report the app and I didnt see it (though I could've missed it)
  - mdp2021 5y ago
    > totally my fault Not totally: the big question remains of how a tampered-with package can reach a prominent repository.
usr1106 5y ago
Spotify on F-Droid? F-Droid has only open source apps. Is Spotify open source? I have serious doubts about this story. (Not a Spotify user, low-volume F-Droid user)
marcodiego 5y ago
I don't think Spotify has ever been on f-droid. Can you post a link?
lucgommans 5y ago
I'm fairly sure you must have gotten a fake f-droid store that installs malware instead. I didn't know those were out there. The real one can be found at: https://f-droid.org https://f-droid.org You can also download individual apps (APK files) from the website, so you don't need the store if you don't want updates. Also note how Spotify is not listed if you use their search, because (like others already said) it's not open source and thus not on F-Droid.