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Re:A Message to Our Customers by tomaskafka on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @04:41AM (#11116593)
Or, said differently, Play Services are already a backdoor. They can (and do) install updates or other software pushed by server automatically, without you being able to do anything about it. And they have access to anything on the phone.
Re:A Message to Our Customers by curt15 on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @07:17AM (#11117302)
And it can reportedly grant itself new permissions without the user's knowledge, bypassing a fundamental security mechanism of Android (any Android devs know how this is done?). http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/09/balky-carriers-and-sl...
Re:A Message to Our Customers by kennydude on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @08:23AM (#11117634)
Google Play Store manages the permission dialog for apps installed via Play Store (Play Services is one). It just doesn't show it for Play Services and just auto-accepts installation.
Re:A Message to Our Customers by em3rgent0rdr on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @06:34AM (#11117118)
F-DROID