Add Play Protect troubleshooting to install instructions#9
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Several users have hit Google Play Protect blocking the install. This isn't something we can fix from the app side — the combination of VpnService + AccessibilityService + an unknown signer is exactly the fingerprint Play Protect flags by default. Document the workarounds prominently so users find them before giving up: - "Install anyway" — covers ~80% of cases - Temporarily toggle off Play Protect — covers the rest - adb install — cleanest path for power users - Obtainium — best long-term answer for users who want auto-updates from GitHub releases without going through Play Protect each time - F-Droid — the structurally correct long-term answer (a trusted FOSS source bypasses Play Protect entirely); flagged as "submission in progress" since that's a real future task Also added a short "Why does Play Protect flag this?" subsection explaining the legitimate reasons we ask for the two permissions. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Documents the Play Protect workarounds so users hit by the warning don't give up. No code change — README only.
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Plus a short "why does this happen" explanation: VpnService + AccessibilityService + unknown signer is exactly Play Protect's heuristic, and the permissions are doing what's described in How it works.