• people_are_cute
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    575 months ago

    Yeah we all know this “security feature” is to root out ReVanced and other mod users.

  • southsamurai
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    325 months ago

    I’m about sick of Google’s invasive bullshit

  • @Immersive_Matthew
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    135 months ago

    They have not been doing this all along? Surely they have?

    • @[email protected]
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      5 months ago

      They’ve already been scanning for malicious apps via Google Play Protect. This new thing is an upgraded detection for Play Protect which has heuristics for detecting apps which do financial fraud. So this is kinda like a heuristics signature update for an AV and not a completely new feature as such.

  • Possibly linux
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    I have a hard time believing that malware on android is that big of problem. Most people either use the play store or F-droid.

      • Possibly linux
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        25 months ago

        Honestly people like to point fingers at F-droid but in reality the play store is way more problematic.

        Its much easier to ship malware with proprietary software

        • @[email protected]
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          15 months ago

          Of course it is. F-Droid has real people analyzing and reviewing apps. Google Play has so many apps and they can’t be arsed to pay real people to review even potentially malicious software. So the bad actors simply manipulate their moderation algorithms.

    • Kayn
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      25 months ago

      Think of the people who search for YouTube to MP3 downloaders.

    • @[email protected]
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      -25 months ago

      The last bug I had was caused by Google’s own messaging app.

      If you have access to beta version of Google messenger, two user accounts on the phone (one with access, one without), and you change SIM cards, then put your original back in, about half your contacts just turn into phone numbers not associated with the contact that is saved on the device

      Maybe they should clean up shop first before pissing on how others work