Hey buddy,

Dude, you gotta hear about some of the stuff from Hacker News yesterday. Wild day.

Android Verification Kicks Off

First up, Google's starting this whole developer verification thing for Android apps. You know, to try and make the Play Store safer. You can read the official announcement here. But some folks in the comments were like, "Hold on, if it's open source, I can still compile and sign it myself!" So it seems like there's still a way around it if you're techy enough. And someone else had a cool idea – instead of just 'allow' or 'deny' for app permissions, there should be a 'lie' option. Like, the app asks for contacts, and you just give it a fake, empty list. Genius, right?

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