How Did That Get In My Phone? Unwanted App Distribution on Android Devices — HN submission

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How Did That Get in My Phone? Unwanted App Distribution on Android Devices(2020)

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How Did That Get In My Phone? Unwanted App Distribution on Android Devices — mentioned by SamuelAdams

Fri, 03 Sep 2021 17:10:28 GMT

Yes but there are other tradeoffs that are introduced. Carrier-specific ROMs, difficulty upgrading to new android versions, generally more malware found in the Play store [1] and non-privacy-centric defaults [2] aren't really great to see either. I'm not looking to start another android vs iOS debate here. There's plenty of that online that I and others can reference. I'm more interested in seeing how people are finding alternatives or what privacy tradeoffs they are willing to accept to avoid Apple's recent photo scanning move. [1]: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2010.10088.pdf (PDF WARNING) [2]…

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How Did That Get In My Phone? Unwanted App Distribution on Android Devices — mentioned by SamuelAdams