Disguising itself as the innocuously-titled “Android Developer Verifier” (ADV) process, this trojan horse runs surreptitiously in the background as a system service with full root privileges, quietly awaiting an activation signal. The service cannot be blocked, disabled, or removed. Unlike a commonplace bit of malware, this extraordinary strain won’t be detected and neutralized by Play Protect (the malware scanning and remediation service that is installed on all Android Certified devices). In fact, Play Protect is itself the vector through which this virus is transmitted and installed.
The hacker news discussion is surprisingly not bad. Very few Google stans coming in to shill for their corporate masters, and they’re getting soundly ignored and downvoted.
Man, I just moved here from reddit and it’s so refreshing to have actual intelligent discussion instead of being shouted down by bootlickers about how no one cares for your pro privacy opinion.
It’s not a bad thing to have a higher barrier to entry for the Fediverse
Welcome!
Hey squirrel! I like the fact that the fediverse is small enough that I can recognise users I’ve interacted with before.
Which mobile OS are you guys using? How well do they work? How do they compare to stock android?
I’m thinking about flashing /e/OS over Android.
I’m currently using /e/os as there are no official custom Roms for my phone and they offer a GSI version (works on a wide variety of devices). For me it runs flawlessly, but I don’t use any apps dependent on Google Play Services, so YMMV.
I think their default apps are very usable and having MicroG on board for location services is pretty handy. Their contacts/calendar/note syncing via Murena also make the user experience quite seemless.
I’d recommend it.
Edit: If you have any questions about the OS, feel free to ask away
Does things like gmail, google maps and g calendar work? If not, are there workarounds?
I think installing the apps via Aurora Store and running them should definitely work. There might be issues with syncing them to your Google account though. You can add the account via MicroG (preinstalled) but since I have no experience with running GApps on /e/os I can’t attest to how well this will work, if at all.
You can install Lineage OS and add GApps though, if you’re looking for a custom ROM but need extensive support for Google apps.
Might I ask what’s your incentive to switch to /e/os? Installing Google apps kind of counteracts the privacy aspect.
They do work
crdroid, which is a fork of lineage os with a few notable QoL improvements i can’t live without
This isn’t new.
How many windows app promised security, more ram, cleaning windows, etc…
Only to be malware?
Beehaw is not the place for this kind of discussion.
Why not?
Check his profile, as a tankie he has supreme authority on what goes on in other fediverse instances.
Tankie, the favourite derrogatory term for brain dead capitalist bootlickers.
What? You don’t normally call capitalists “Tankie”. That would be a weird insult for one, to say the least. Usually that term is reserved for a certain kind of pro-authoritarian “communist” (in quotes of course because I don’t believe it’s actual communism).
Anyway, not sure what any of this has to do with the post. What a weird comment thread…
For clarity, they’re trying to say that tankie is a word used by capitalists, not for capitalists.
And looking at their instance, they’re the tankie lol
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Which is why you came here, to beehaw, to engage in the discussion that was already in progress without your permission?
Hard disagree
Pfft okay troll
Why the hate for beehaw?
