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Re:Android overtakes Windows as the internet’s most used ope... by averagewall on Monday April 03, 2017 @10:25PM (#14029040)
> Basically, if you only install apps from Google Play and never enable unknown sources (the default and the vast majority of users) you are safe.

Except for the half a billion Chinese Android users who can't access Google Play.

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Re:Android overtakes Windows as the internet’s most used ope... by l04m33 on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @12:06AM (#14029409)
Yeah I'm one of the Chinese users. You can never over estimate how expertised the Chinese apps are on stealing privacy.

Android smartphones sold in China almost always have unknown sources enabled.

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