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Re:Unremovable malware found preinstalled on low-end smartph... by jimmaswell on Friday January 10, 2020 @05:48PM (#22016458)
There's no malware here that I can see, simply an auto-update mechanism that could theoretically be abused, like every auto-update mechanism (Chrome, Windows 10..)
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Re:Unremovable malware found preinstalled on low-end smartph... by JohnFen on Friday January 10, 2020 @06:01PM (#22016553)
I pretty much consider all auto-update (and telemetry, for that matter) mechanisms that I can't disable to be malware.
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Re:Unremovable malware found preinstalled on low-end smartph... by awinter-py on Friday January 10, 2020 @06:13PM (#22016630)
the department of the interior made disabling all phone-home (including auto updates) a condition of their DJI drone buy

and cautioned that the level of testing they need to do for future updates is a large expense of the project

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