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Re:Android May Soon Restrict On-Device ADB by izacus on Saturday July 25, 2026 @05:08AM (#49045895)
It would break exactly 0 apps because none of the apps should be using this API to access your private data and phone call audio.
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Re:Android May Soon Restrict On-Device ADB by microtonal on Saturday July 25, 2026 @06:05AM (#49046230)
So why do Google Play Services, etc. have full privileged access to a phone, including private data and phone call audio, but the user doesn't?

It is tech feudalism - you don't own anything anymore, you just get to live on the digital land of a bunch of ~trillion dollar companies.

At least, that is the goal.

IMO either everyone gets access at the user's discretion or Google has to sandbox their own GMS services as well.

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Re:Android May Soon Restrict On-Device ADB by p0w3n3d on Saturday July 25, 2026 @10:17AM (#49047757) 

  Quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi
And yes, bovi is as in bovine
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Re:Android May Soon Restrict On-Device ADB by TeMPOraL on Saturday July 25, 2026 @05:47AM (#49046140)
Why? What other APIs should my apps (or the apps I explicitly want to authorize for this purpose) use to access my private data and my phone call audio?
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Re:Android May Soon Restrict On-Device ADB by subscribed on Saturday July 25, 2026 @09:16AM (#49047355)
So what official API call recorder app can use?
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