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  • 10001110101@lemm.eeEnglish
    35·
    2 days ago

    Kinda depressing that all of big-tech seems to have given up “innovating” (finding applications for publicly-funded research), and have become rent-seeking dinosaurs.

  • Teknikal@eviltoast.orgEnglish
    16·
    2 days ago

    Not bothered if necessary Il patch every apk before installing it, one more stupid American move that will ultimately give the entire market to the Chinese.

    • interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mlEnglish
      41·
      2 days ago

      That would mean less money, at least in the short term, but also in the long term as it grants the user the autonomy of optionality, the power to choose some of Google’s edicts. Really it’s about the power to shape the choices of the users in the future. Take their power away. And in the future this will be conducive to leverage this power against the user for more money.

      I asked the AI about it, in case anyone is curious https://chatgpt.com/share/68454a70-5cd8-8005-8075-3579244f0ce4

  • viking@infosec.pubEnglish
    41·
    2 days ago

    This article is a thinly veiled ad paired with fearmongering to get gullible users to buy the shit phones they sell (or not, some people have been on “waitlists” for 5+ years after providing a full payment).

    Granted, their phones are fully open, but have next to no apps.

    Personally I’ll stick with Android 12, rooted, and see what the future brings.

  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zipEnglish
    673·
    3 days ago

    In parallel, Google has rolled out its Play Integrity API, which allows developers to limit app functionality when sideloaded, effectively pushing users to install apps only through the Google Play Store.

    All of this while EU forbids Apple to do the same, what is the idea here? Measuring how EU reacts?

    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.worldEnglish
      29·
      3 days ago

      Is it the same though? Google is allowing the developers to choose to prevent sideloading. I thought Apple’s issue was that they prevented side loading completely.

    • 0xD@infosec.pubEnglish
      14·
      1 day ago

      …did you read the ad…? It quite obviously answers your question and calls out the difference. The large, glaring one. The one that probably even a first grader would grasp.

  • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
    64·
    3 days ago

    Yikes this really doesn’t look good. Is there any reporting on it from independent journalists (or anyone else who isn’t also advertising their own competing operating system)?

    • rmuk@feddit.ukEnglish
      431·
      3 days ago

      Not that I’ve seen and I’d take what Purism say with a grain of salt: they’ve acted like pretty shitty gatekeepers themselves. Nothing they mentioned in the article seems too egregious in truth and they’re exaggerating the scale of it: Play Store app DRM exists already, and the restrictions on browser-downloaded apps they mention can be bypassed (albeit by having to go into settings) and don’t apply to apps installed through other apps stores (F-Droid, etc).

      • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
        131·
        3 days ago

        Nothing they mentioned in the article seems too egregious in truth

        Doesn’t it? To be honest, if the article is telling the truth and not exaggerated, I find this pretty egregious. How you installed an app should be irrelevant, so the idea of an API to say “did this come from the Play Store” is fucking shit. And the ability to block installation of apps that call certain APIs entirely is even worse.

    • chameleon@fedia.io
      8·
      3 days ago

      I haven’t seen proper reporting but the Play Integrity install source thing is accurate. There’s a reasonably good overview straight from the devil himself.

      Lots of things that have very valid reasons on paper that also just happen to give Google a stupid amount of control and will backfire for a somewhat small percentage of people in very bad ways. We’ve been at “you can’t use pretty much any bank unless you agree to either Google or Apple terms” for quite some years now, now we’re giving those same app developers ways to detect if their device has accessibility APIs enabled (useful to protect against bot farms, but also a functional check for “you’re able-bodied”) or is in security support (also a functional check for “not reliant on hand-me-downs”).

      • masterofn001@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        Lol. So this API for ‘security’ and ‘integrity’ basically has a built in malware trojan:

        Avoid caching integrity verdicts Caching integrity verdicts increases the risk of proxying, which is an attack where a bad actor reuses a verdict from a good device for abusive purposes in another environment. Instead of caching responses, you can make a standard API request to get a verdict on demand.

  • Integrate777@discuss.onlineEnglish
    43·
    3 days ago

    In Singapore, lots of boomers are downloading scam apps from facebook lured by promises of discounts and free gifts, handing out accessibility privileges, and they’ll even argue vehemently against loved ones and bank staff when confronted. When it all inevitably blows up, they blame absolutely everyone except themselves, including praising Apple for some reason.

    Being the largest voting block, they managed to get banks responsible for reimbursing their losses and there was even an idea floated of getting everyone to contribute to a shitty scam insurance fund. Many major banking apps are paranoid af and block usage from simple things like usb debugging turned on.

    Absolutely stupidity. And there’s nothing we can do about it when the politicians love them so much.

    • /home/pineapplelover@lemm.eeEnglish
      9·
      3 days ago

      Usb debugging is sketchy as shit. You should almost never turn that on, and immediately turn it off once you’re finished with whatever it is you’re doing with that on.

      • interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        I have it on all the time in tcpip mode. I need it for file sync and remote streaming my phone with scrcpy. Especially when I use my phone as a wireless webcam.

      • mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        3 days ago

        agree completely. But I recently broke my phone screen, the usual Samsung green screen of death, and I wish I had that turned on to copy the data over lol.

        • /home/pineapplelover@lemm.eeEnglish
          3·
          2 days ago

          If you can copy data over, then someone else can too. It’s important to have backups. Maybe syncthing or some other home server will do nicely.

    • anticurrent@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      15·
      2 days ago

      Maybe you should curb your enthusiasm a bit. have you seen what it take to unlock the bootloader from most manufacturers? you might even need your grandma’s birth certificate before you’re allowed to do so in the future

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        5·
        2 days ago

        Depends on the manufacturer. Ideally, they’re forced to allow choice, but until that happens, we can at least prefer phones that don’t lock you in.

      • kadup@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        2 days ago

        Certainly depends on where you live.

        Unlocking a Samsung phone is trivial here.

      • kratoz29@lemm.eeEnglish
        5·
        2 days ago

        I am aware, but what choices do we have? I for one stopped using banking apps in my Android phone, not a big deal, we didn’t have banking apps there pre 2007 right?

        I know not everyone can do it, but we can fight back in our own ways.

        And voting with your wallet should be an obvious statement at this point.

  • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    23·
    3 days ago

    The restrictions on apk access over the past 10 years have already been an annoying pita. Many of the best power user apks have had to gut themselves over their original functionality, all while obtaining root access over your owned devices has become harder or next to impossible.

    • altphoto@lemmy.todayEnglish
      81·
      3 days ago

      Let them keep those. I hereby declare that if I don’t own the thing, I ain’t buying it. So no root, no $$$.

      • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        Yeah, but I still really like my micro SD card slot and pen on my note 20 ultra. Dunno what I’ll do when I have to replace it.

        • SinningStromgald@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          2 days ago

          The pen is the only reason I have stuck with Samsung. If they made a Pixel with a smart pen that I could put GrapheneOS on I’d buy it in a second.

          • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
            1·
            2 days ago

            Yeah. Id pick up a redmi 10+ pro if it had a pen and sacrifice away the SD card slot. Id at least have a huge battery and awesome cooling.

              • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
                1·
                2 days ago

                I meant redmagic 10 pro plus. My bad.

                As for the samsungs:

                Because it’s priced higher than it should be, it has a slightly lower performance chip, a much lower capacity battery, and older battery tech that will degrade faster and charges slower. The best redmagic out specs the samsungs in every way but picture quality and does it for $500 less.

                • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.auEnglish
                  1·
                  2 days ago

                  Sure, but the Redmagic doesn’t have things the Samsung does - one of which seems to be a dealbreaker for you, the built in stylus.