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ProtonVPN now available on F-Droid for de-Googled devices
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<blockquote data-quote="CyberTech" data-source="post: 883129" data-attributes="member: 67474"><p>Proton <a href="https://protonvpn.com/blog/f-droid-download/" target="_blank">has announced</a> that the ProtonVPN app is now available through the alternative Android app store, F-Droid. If you’ve ever attempted to de-Google your phone, you may be familiar with F-Droid as it serves as a Play Store replacement but offers only Free and Open Source (FOSS) software.</p><p></p><p>Proton puts a heavy focus on privacy and many of its customers have likely taken the decision to de-Google their Android devices to prevent Google from tracking their activity. F-Droid can help Proton reach these users more effectively and even gain new customers. As it stands right now, only ProtonVPN is available on F-Droid, Proton didn’t say whether or not ProtonMail would also be coming to F-Droid.</p><p></p><p>Aside from privacy-conscious users with the technical skills required to de-Google their Android devices, the Play Store also remains inaccessible in several countries around the world. By offering its app through F-Droid, Proton can help people access the open web using ProtonVPN. One particularly interesting application of F-Droid was <a href="https://www.f-droid.org/en/2017/07/03/cuba.html" target="_blank">reported on back in 2017</a>. In Cuba, where connectivity is expensive, shops have set up local F-Droid repositories where locals can download apps without even connecting to the internet.</p><p></p><p>According to Proton, offering its apps on F-Droid gives customers greater peace of mind. It highlighted the fact that F-Droid builds the apps itself from the source code provided, this helps to ensure that Proton hasn’t sneakily added any code into the binaries which could be used as a backdoor. If you want to check out ProtonVPN on F-Droid, you can find more information on the <a href="https://f-droid.org/en/packages/ch.protonvpn.android/" target="_blank">app’s listing</a>.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.neowin.net/news/protonvpn-now-available-on-de-googled-android-devices-via-f-droid[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CyberTech, post: 883129, member: 67474"] Proton [URL='https://protonvpn.com/blog/f-droid-download/']has announced[/URL] that the ProtonVPN app is now available through the alternative Android app store, F-Droid. If you’ve ever attempted to de-Google your phone, you may be familiar with F-Droid as it serves as a Play Store replacement but offers only Free and Open Source (FOSS) software. Proton puts a heavy focus on privacy and many of its customers have likely taken the decision to de-Google their Android devices to prevent Google from tracking their activity. F-Droid can help Proton reach these users more effectively and even gain new customers. As it stands right now, only ProtonVPN is available on F-Droid, Proton didn’t say whether or not ProtonMail would also be coming to F-Droid. Aside from privacy-conscious users with the technical skills required to de-Google their Android devices, the Play Store also remains inaccessible in several countries around the world. By offering its app through F-Droid, Proton can help people access the open web using ProtonVPN. One particularly interesting application of F-Droid was [URL='https://www.f-droid.org/en/2017/07/03/cuba.html']reported on back in 2017[/URL]. In Cuba, where connectivity is expensive, shops have set up local F-Droid repositories where locals can download apps without even connecting to the internet. According to Proton, offering its apps on F-Droid gives customers greater peace of mind. It highlighted the fact that F-Droid builds the apps itself from the source code provided, this helps to ensure that Proton hasn’t sneakily added any code into the binaries which could be used as a backdoor. If you want to check out ProtonVPN on F-Droid, you can find more information on the [URL='https://f-droid.org/en/packages/ch.protonvpn.android/']app’s listing[/URL]. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.neowin.net/news/protonvpn-now-available-on-de-googled-android-devices-via-f-droid[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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