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Just got 'Android Developer Verifier' Silently Installed on my Phone (Aug 25, 2026) (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by onionsinmypores@sh.itjust.works to c/android@lemmy.world

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The app ID is com.google.android.verifier, which I assume will be used for the upcoming developer verification program for installing 3rd party apps.

Starting September 30, developers (signing authors) need to be verified from Google to distribute apps in the following app stores:

Google Play Store
Honor App Market
OPPO App Market
Samsung Galaxy Store
Transsion Palm Store
vivo V-Appstore and
Xiaomi GetApps

only in the countries of Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand.

F-Droid is not included for this time.

It is planned to be rolled out globally across all markets/app stores by January of 2027.

Relevant sources:
https://developer.android.com/developer-verification/guides
https://keepandroidopen.org/

I used App Manager (io.github.muntashirakon.AppManager) for the screenshot; you can use your regular 'Installed Apps'/'Apps' menu to see if it's been rolled out automatically for you as well.

edit: First link was originally a typo, my bad. Fixed it.

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[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The world we grew up with is gone, my dude. Its not spying when they know about it - we do not hide the fact that we can see their texts and calls, they knew this from day 0. They're kids, and kids fuck up a lot. I would know - I have 5 of the little shits.

Hell, my first cell phone in the early 2000s wasn't even mine, it was the family cell phone. Yet all of my texts with my now-wife were on it. You bet your ass my parents read those texts.

[–] AceOnTrack@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I fucked up a lot as a kid and my parents didn't use this as a justification to have an all seeing eye on every single one of my conversations. You're fucking weird.

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

You don't have kids, I can tell. No judgement from me. However, I am raising kids right now. And this is the reality of the world we live in.

And for what it's worth - we don't read every single text, in fact we don't really read any of their texts unless one of the kids brings up a concern.