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Android Developer Verification: Threat masquerading as Protection (f-droid.org)

submitted 12 hours ago by kbal@fedia.io to c/technology@beehaw.org

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Disguising itself as the innocuously-titled “Android Developer Verifier” (ADV) process, this trojan horse runs surreptitiously in the background as a system service with full root privileges, quietly awaiting an activation signal. The service cannot be blocked, disabled, or removed. Unlike a commonplace bit of malware, this extraordinary strain won’t be detected and neutralized by Play Protect (the malware scanning and remediation service that is installed on all Android Certified devices). In fact, Play Protect is itself the vector through which this virus is transmitted and installed.

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[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today -2 points 3 hours ago

This isn't new.

How many windows app promised security, more ram, cleaning windows, etc...

Only to be malware?

[–] kbal@fedia.io 14 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

The hacker news discussion is surprisingly not bad. Very few Google stans coming in to shill for their corporate masters, and they're getting soundly ignored and downvoted.

[–] MotoRider3436@piefed.social 13 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Man, I just moved here from reddit and it's so refreshing to have actual intelligent discussion instead of being shouted down by bootlickers about how no one cares for your pro privacy opinion.

It's not a bad thing to have a higher barrier to entry for the Fediverse

[–] squirrel@cake.kobel.fyi 3 points 9 hours ago

Welcome!

[–] verstra@programming.dev 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Which mobile OS are you guys using? How well do they work? How do they compare to stock android?

I'm thinking about flashing /e/OS over Android.

[–] foreverknew@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I'm currently using /e/os as there are no official custom Roms for my phone and they offer a GSI version (works on a wide variety of devices). For me it runs flawlessly, but I don't use any apps dependent on Google Play Services, so YMMV.

I think their default apps are very usable and having MicroG on board for location services is pretty handy. Their contacts/calendar/note syncing via Murena also make the user experience quite seemless.

I'd recommend it.

Edit: If you have any questions about the OS, feel free to ask away