Re:We found a phone with pre-installed malware via the Lifel...
by clemailacct1 on Sunday September 12, 2021 @05:03PM
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One issue in particular that makes it malware is that it attempts to download 3rd party apps from non-Google Play store. That’s a major security risk for introducing malicious APKs onto your phone.
Re:We found a phone with pre-installed malware via the Lifel...
by blendergeek on Sunday September 12, 2021 @05:12PM
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Given most Android phone and definitely bMS Windows regularly have third party bundled software I fail to see the difference here.
While there is malware distributed outside of Google Play, unless you can point to an actually malicious thing this software did, I have give it a pass.
Remember, the world has already decided that nonconsensual updates, ads, tracking, etc is normal if bundled with the OS and therefore not malware.
What makes this malware while other pre-installed adware from other companies is just "built-in"ads?
Why does Google or Amazon get to "use ads to subsisidize their devices" while this company is using "pre-installed malware"?
Does this "malware" exfiltrate personal data in violation of a the privacy policy? What does it do (besides annoy the user and show ads) that is malicious?
Modern proprietary operating systems come with non-removable adware. That is the world we live in. I don't like. I don't use these operating systems. But they all do it.