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[–] [email protected] 57 points 6 months ago

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

[–] southsamurai 32 points 6 months ago

I'm about sick of Google's invasive bullshit

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago
[–] Immersive_Matthew 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Most malware is installed directly from the Play Store.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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] 1 points 6 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Direct link to the article:https://www.androidpolice.com/android-15-anti-phishing/