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The Boost android client for Lemmy is displaying these dark pattern ads pretending to be system notifications. What security/privacy conscious Lemmy clients do you recommend? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by golden_zealot@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] ono@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I start with whatever is on F-Droid, and narrow it down from there.

Jerboa was the only option there until recently. I see Voyager and Eternity are there now. I'll have to give them a try.

[–] schizoidman@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Voyager is currently many versions ahead of the one listed on F-Droid. It is still usable but you may want to get the latest version from GitHub.

[–] ono@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If new versions don't make it to F-Droid, they might as well not exist for me. There are only a couple of apps that I find important enough that I'll spend time manually building/pulling/installing, and a Lemmy reader isn't one of them. Thanks for the tip, though.

[–] carzian@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Have you considered using https://github.com/imranr98/obtainium You give it the repository of the app and it will handle checking for new versions and updating them

[–] ono@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Part of what I value in F-Droid is the additional layer in the build/release process, because it makes tampering more likely to be detected.

It's still nice to know a tool like obtanium exists, though. Thanks for the link.

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