No recent apps found. - Why? Because all Trusted Credentials turned Off?

[dtry]

Fresh install of FDroid 1.10

6 month old major brand phone.
Android 9

In USA.

All set to “Off” in:
Settings > Security > Encryption & Credentials > Trusted Credentials

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FDroid main screen Latest tab says:
No recent apps found.
Once your list of apps had been updated,
the latest apps should show here.

FDroid Updates tab:
Congratulations! Your apps are up to date.

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Why are no apps available?

Do I needed to turn on some Trusted Credentials
so FDroid will download or show apps that are available?

How do I get FDroid
know what apps are available,
& show the available apps?

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Thanks.

[SkewedZeppelin]

Why would you disable all root certificates? That breaks TLS and by it HTTPS.

No apps are available in F-Droid, because it likely was never able to download any repositories.

[dtry]

Thanks SZ

1. Seems foolish to trust unknows. Bad security.

2. “likely”: So,
   2a. Can someone here say for sure?
   2b. If yes, Howto remedy?
   2b2. Which Trusted Credentials are necessary for FDroid to download repositories?

Thanks.

[saper]

@dtry

Seems foolish to trust unknows. Bad security.

Bad security is also when things do not work that should work. I don’t know how details but https://f-droid.org/ has the following trust chain:

depth=3 C = GB, ST = Greater Manchester, L = Salford, O = Comodo CA Limited, CN = AAA Certificate Services
verify return:1
depth=2 C = US, ST = New Jersey, L = Jersey City, O = The USERTRUST Network, CN = USERTrust RSA Certification Authority
verify return:1
depth=1 C = GB, ST = Greater Manchester, L = Salford, O = Sectigo Limited, CN = Sectigo RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA
verify return:1
depth=0 CN = f-droid.org
verify return:1

So you have to trust at least “C = GB, ST = Greater Manchester, L = Salford, O = Comodo CA Limited, CN = AAA Certificate Services”.

But please be aware that this works as long as the current certificate is in place. This can change anytime.