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by q87b 1017 days ago
Warning, the reaction to massive security issues in a bundled PDF reader of the file manager made me uninstall all of these apps. Safety of my device and data is paramount.

https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-File-Manager/iss...

https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-File-Manager/iss... where the developer shows no grasp of security "what can happen to an app without internet access?"

A "simple" file manager should not come with a PDF reader.

3 comments

He did remove the PDF functionality as a result
This type of response from a developer makes it easy to simply stay away from projects they are involved in.
It was fixed and a false positive from fdroid after some time
Fixed four months later