My signal app the other day had 2 seperate, a few days apart, updates from the app itself. Asking for install from unknown sources to check in the settings to be checked. Doing this outside of both stores which usually update the app from F droid or Aurora.
Seems odd that the signal app itself asked to update itself from a notification from the drop down menu. How can I make sure it has not been compromised? Anyone else experienced something of the sort?
I have the one installed from the Play Store, and it hasn’t done that. It sounds potentially suspect.
Does seem odd doesn’t it. How could I verify the app is authentic and no malware or anything has accessed my phone?
There are virus scanners for Android - I have Bitdefender on mine - but I don’t know how effective they are. Back in the day they were a bit of a gimmick; I don’t know whether they’re better now.
I have seen other apps from F-Droid do this. NewPipe, I think, used to prompt me for updates even though I had installed it from F-Droid. But I was always a bit unsure so I tended to just go back to F-Droid to install newer versions. Maybe it’s a thing some apps do but I don’t know why they should need to and I don’t entirely trust it.