“If an app asks for Android permissions that it doesn’t rightfully need (like screen recording permissions for a BMI app), deny it; who knows what kind of things the app can harvest if you allow it?”
Huh? Don’t install it in the first place! Because, “who knows what kind of things the app can…” 🤦♂️
Of course, if unsure, reaching out to the devs for clarification is fair. But make sure the answer is reasonable.
#Android #security #malware
@[email protected] Yet stupid shit like this ends up in the app store all the time, and doesn’t get fixed. So until someone actually closes that loophole, I won’t care one iota what anyone in Android or Apple does to ‘fix’ the problem. Until you start doing that, sit down, shut up, and let the actual grown ups talk. Otherwise go fucking do your job.
@[email protected] Now guess why e.g. I don’t use “the app store”? I’ve cut my ties to Google ~10 years ago. No Google Services on my devices, no PlayStore. I prefer places where I can actually “talk to a human” instead of getting “robot replies” (if I get any at all), or needing to compromise my privacy 🤷♂️
TL;DR: Count us as “someone else” who tries to “get it right” 😉 And visit e.g. https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid instead of “the app store” 😜
@[email protected] I use fdroid for specific stuff, it was one of the first ‘nonplaystore’ ones i went with because I’m alll for FOSS. But then I saw how badly it was curated, and realized it’s just a crappy repeat of the playstore with better human involvement.