Google have declared Droidscript is malware

Re:Google have declared Droidscript is malware by NateEag on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @05:59PM (#26962279)

Some of us realised that end users don't want to program and that they can be better protected from themselves by only allowing execution of arbitrary code when they explicitly say they want it.

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Re:Google have declared Droidscript is malware by mdoms on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @06:49PM (#26962962)

Presumably those end users aren't downloading Droidscript.

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Re:Google have declared Droidscript is malware by NateEag on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @07:21PM (#26963317)

Yup, that's fair for sure.

I thought the parent comment was speaking generally. Maybe I misunderstood.

Either way, I was thinking of downloading Droidscript as one way of saying "I want arbitrary code exec."

I think it's reasonable for Google to say "Most users don't understand what this implies, so if they want this they'll have to get it outside the Play Store."

That said, that doesn't actually seem to be what they're saying here.

I just think it's a reasonable stance to hold as an App Store.

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