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Two-factor authentication (2FA) is essential, but apps like Google Authenticator and Authy have a major flaw: they often lock you into their ecosystems. If you lose access to your Google account or if ...

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...

The free Android app store F-Droid is slamming Google’s upcoming developer registration rules, warning they could wipe out third-party Android app distribution. “We do not believe that developer ...

The creators of the alternative app store F-Droid say that the new developer review rules would make Google the gatekeeper for all Android apps. On 25 August, Google announced that from autumn 2026, ...

Rae Hodge was a senior editor at CNET. She led CNET's coverage of privacy and cybersecurity tools from July 2019 to January 2023. As a data-driven investigative journalist on the software and services ...

John is a writer at Pocket-lint. He is passionate about all things technology, and is always keeping up with the latest smartphone and PC releases. John has previously written at MobileSyrup. When ...

F-Droid is warning that the project could reach an end due to Google’s new requirements for all Android developers to verify their identity. The third-party app store argues that Google falsely frames ...

Ryne was ostensibly a senior editor at Android Police, working at the site from 2017-2022. But really, he is just some verbose dude who digs on tech, loves Android, and hates anticompetitive practices ...

Google has published a new blog post insisting that sideloading on Android isn’t going anywhere. The company reiterated that its new developer verification requirements are meant to improve safety, ...