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by 1oooqooq 783 days ago
well, zero. just like apple. since there's no convenient way for the user the validate anything they are installing other than "the app store said so"
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This is a response to a question of Google Play’s reproducibility which is moot because of the distribution mechanism. *Android* in general does have reproducibility especially from third party repos like F-droid.
correct.

sadly fdroid usage is close to zero. and even there verification requires adb hacks and very expert users, even for basic hash checking.