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Re:Samsung Embeds IronSource Spyware App on Phones Across WANA by dotancohen on Sunday June 22, 2025 @01:58PM (#44348889)
OK, I see that one can get a list of all installed packages via adb:

  $ pm list packages
How does one know which are safe to disable? In the sense that there won't be unexpected side effects. Besides, not all the names make clear exactly what the package is for.
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Re:Samsung Embeds IronSource Spyware App on Phones Across WANA by Shocka1 on Tuesday June 24, 2025 @12:22PM (#44367847)
Each one needs inspected one by one - but there is always the chance that package names have been purposefully obfuscated. It's really quite the uphill battle.
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