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  • bonenode@piefed.socialtoAndroid@lemmy.worldThe Syncthing Android drama is exploding
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    2 days ago

    Just want to add that suggesting to install the Google Play version instead because the poster (on mastodon) doesn’t trust the fdroid version anymore, is hilarious.

    The Google Play version is maintained by someone who cooperates with the new fdroid syncthing-fork maintainer. There’s lots of github posts showing that. The fuck are you (the account on mastodon) suggesting that the fdroid version is not safe, but the Google Play version is? It is also way harder to not accidentally update the Google Play version.

    Sorry, I won’t deny that the whole taking over the account thing hasn’t been super sketchy in terms of communication, but that is it. If you are uncertain, block fdroid updates for now, which is very easy, and wait what happens.

    Edited to make it clear I am not flaming the OP here on Lemmy, I don’t agree with what the mastodon account says.


  • bonenode@piefed.socialtoAndroid@lemmy.worldThe Syncthing Android drama is exploding
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    It is not Syncthing. It is Synchthing-fork for Android, which was specifcally forked from Syncthing for Android to improve over it.

    The real Syncthing team then some time ago decided to discontinue their Syncthing for Android app, not the other versions! Then Syncthing-fork became the only way to connect to Syncthing on Android (aside from running the original Syncthing via something like Termux).

    Just want to be clear on this. Syncthing is not compromised in any way. Syncthing-fork for Android might be, might be not.