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• xkforce@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Wasnt there an issue where certain devs’ accounts were compromised and malware was being distributed?

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  • deweydecibel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    So basically, if there’s any app where the developer releases a Play Store version, but also has a separate non-Play Store version with added functionality that goes against the Play Store’s ToS, Play Protect is going to straight remove it from your device?

    Not flag it or remove permissions or freeze it, just straight remove it.

    So for example, the Private Internet Access VPN app has a play store version without the ad and tracker blocking functionality because that goes against the Play Store TOS. But you can get the full version with the ad blockers as an APK from the official website.

    Is Play Protect gonna boot that, too?

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    • SatyrSack@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’m sure Google will kill off Play Protect soon anyway.

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    • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I don’t believe that play protect actually scans or does anything to an apk that isn’t installed through Google play, but you do have the option to turn it off through the Google play store settings.

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    • DarkThoughts@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      So for example, the Private Internet Access VPN app has a play store version without the ad and tracker blocking functionality, because that goes against the Play Store TOS. But you can get the full version with the ad blockers as an APK from the official website.

      What?
      I have the play store version of Mullvad and it has ad & tracking blocker functionality.

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    • SaltySalamander@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      without the ad and tracker blocking functionality, because that goes against the Play Store TOS

      Yet there are straight up ad blockers on the Play store.

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  • wallmenis@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Does this affect fdroid?

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• Melco@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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  • deweydecibel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Can’t you still disable it? I’m still sitting on 11, LineageOS, enjoying my file explorer, so I have no idea what they’ve changed recently with 12 or 13, but I have Play Protect disabled. Never a peep from it.

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• skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Where did you get your APK from? My copy from F-Droid isn’t even being marked as dangerous.

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• ultratiem@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’m seeing these quite often with people taking the name of the app as “proof” it’s fine. Even if you got it from a reputable source, you should verify the checksum at the very least. Because if you don’t, thinking this stupid feature is stupid, you may just have malware on your system.

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  • Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Except Samsung Wallet was pre-installed on my phone by Samsung themselves. I’ve never installed Samsung Wallet manually, Samsung did it for me.

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    • ultratiem@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Again, not taking a side because it’s Google, etc. etc., but just saying from a technical POV. I’d look into it and if I found a false positive, I’d probably just disable it. But the point I’m making is to have that look. Because if you jump to conclusions, then why do you even have it enabled?? Hoping it’s going to return a prompt one day:

      Harmful app uninstalled

      SuperVirus2000 was uninstalled for your security

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    • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      When I worked for a phone manufacturer i saw a carrier branded variant get literal adware preinstalled that would display full screen popup ads. There’s enough players working with razer thin margins that the mobile space is full of crap that shouldn’t be

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• WHYAREWEALLCAPS@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Google thinks anything that isn't Google is harmful(to their bottom line).

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  • sfgifz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    to their bottom line

    They feel that way about a lot of their own services too

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  • GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s almost as if they’re a business created to make money

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• sndmn@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  As an F-Droid enthusiast, I think Google Play is malware.

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• woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That’s fucked up.

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• BobVersionFour@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  If everything around you is harmful maybe you are the harmful one google

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• mustbe3to20signs@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That’s why everyone (who isn’t completely tech-illiterate) should disable this crap or degoogle even further.

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• Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Did the same to me but with Samsung Wallet lmao

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  • beaubbe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Same here!

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  • pete_the_cat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I still have it installed on my S23 Ultra…

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• jbk@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That’s why I decided to turn Play Protect off. Kinda useless for me and only does bullshit like that.

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• GenitalHurricane@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Meanwhile, I can’t view a single Google service without ads for Temu being pushed hard all over my shit despite it literally being spyware

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• Holzkohlen@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Just install it via Fdroid. I would not even be surprised if they’d still remove it.
  I use CalyxOS btw, google can’t touch me.

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  • uis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I want to install SharkBait on my phone. It is Gentoo-based android.

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• EarthShipTechIntern@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Installed my version with f-droid.

  No problems for me.

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• Dreadfighter23@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That’s due to Google adding play protect to the play store, which scans for “malicious” apps on your device that were installed outside of the play store. If you’re someone that likes to sideload and knows what they are doing then I would suggest turning it off to avoid Google removing your stuff.

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• redcalcium@lemmy.institute ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Did you sideloaded the apk from dubious source? I have KDE connect too and it’s bit flagged. Always install from f-droid or play store only.

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• hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I wanna preface this by saying that I run GrapheneOS (GOS), so idk if that has anything to do with the fact that nothing has flagged my version of KDE Connect. If it’s a Google Play Services (GPS) thing, then:

  1. I guess it depends on whether you run GPS on your GOS phone, or
  2. Maybe it doesn’t even depend on #1, since GPS runs as unprivileged. I put KDE it on my GPS profile, and didn’t get any notification about this.

  Guessing this is just a Play Protect thing.

  Nevertheless, if you’re installing FOSS apps, try installing them via Obtanium instead of the Google Play Store.

  You can simply copy and paste the source code URL into Obtanium, and it’ll grab the APK, as well as notify you when there’s updates.

  It supports F-Droid, GitHub, GitLab, and other sources.

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• naalo@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Same here but for LuckyPatcher. Damn.

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• 1984@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This is similar to how cops protect black people by shooting them. Stop resisting! /s

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