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Re:FBI Child ID App by micromacrofoot on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @09:28AM (#32000552)
Isn't this fairly easy to investigate and find out? If the app never phones home then it really isn't an issue.
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Re:FBI Child ID App by perlgeek on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @09:29AM (#32000564)
A future update of the app might start phoning home.
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Re:FBI Child ID App by UweSchmidt on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @09:40AM (#32000740)
People who are have the skills to investigate home phoning might get a version pushed that doesn't phone home.

/tinfoil

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Re:FBI Child ID App by perlgeek on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @11:46AM (#32002668)
You don't even have to assume tinfoil hattery to think that a future update might phone home -- just a change in internal politics / leadership can lead to that.
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Re:FBI Child ID App by Tao3300 on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @12:37PM (#32003404)
Installing any kind of channel back to the FBI on an Android device from who-knows-where with who-knows-what malware running on it feels like a disaster waiting to happen.
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