06 May 2026 - 18:31

Category: IT Fail

Google's Latest Ledger of Futility

Google is adding public verification to Android apps, as if a ledger will stop supply chain attacks. It is a nice thought, if you still believe in fairy tales.

Google's Latest Ledger of Futility

Source: The Hacker News

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Google has rolled out expanded Binary Transparency to attempt to safeguard the Android ecosystem from the inevitable supply chain attacks we all dread. This affects anyone with an Android app, hoping a public ledger will somehow magically prevent malicious code injection. Protecting ourselves from these recurring nightmares now requires trusting a spreadsheet of hashes, which is surely going to end well for everyone involved in this grand digital experiment.

#SupplyChain #BinaryTrust
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